When I was a resident I once had a patient in ICU who died from complications of a tooth infection. I think about her lot 10 years later, and how we pretend to have universal health care but millions of Canadians can’t afford to see a dentist and this one died because of it.
A majority of homeless people that Winnipegers vilify on our streets are residential school survivors. Im begging you all to see the bigger picture, the children who survived grew up and need healing and kindness too. We desperately need more support for our brothers and sisters
The BCG was first developed in 1921...It remains the only vaccine used for TB.
COVID-19 has 12 developed in less than one year.
If you think the 100 year lag for TB is because it has a complex immunological response rather than it is a disease of poverty, then you'd be wrong.
Mental health treatment is expensive and hard to obtain for most people.
Drugs are relatively cheap.
So don’t be surprised when people find their own way to manage their mental health the best they can by using whatever drugs are available.
More broadly, First Nations people - both on and off reserve - bore the burden of 71 per cent of active cases as of Friday.
That figure does not include Inuit and Métis cases. Just First Nations, not all Indigenous Manitobans.
A COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available to our communities. It will be available for ages 18 and over. This is how we will end this pandemic together. #COVID19#StaySafe#ImIn
I don’t see what the issue is with name changes and correct pronouns. Cis women get married and ask you to call them something different all the damn time.
WATCH: Lanette Siragusa, Manitoba's chief nursing officer, confirmed today she picked up shifts over the weekend to work the frontlines at a personal care home experiencing #COVID19 outbreak.
TW: Gun Violence
As a mother who has raised hunters, a main gun safety rule has always been ‘never, ever point a gun at a person.’
Yesterday the RCMP pointed four high powered weapons at one of my sons who had left our home to go hunting with his gun and gear slung on his back.