Natalie Smith

Engineer/introvert, wife/mother, runner/cyclist, retired ultimate/soccer/distance runner, east coaster, artist/musician, knitter.

[Waterloo North Hydro @wnhydro]

We're aware of an outage impacted approximately 2,500 customers in Elmira. Crews are responding. For more information, and for real-time restoration updates, please visit https://t.co/CghzqrAghS

[Umoja @W_Asherah]

I've been asking my male friends to do something - *watch if the first response to everything a woman tells you is to refute, say no or something negative*

One texted me later: Holy f*ck

The problem is, constantly putting up with unwarranted resistance is bad for mental health.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

This Canadian trucker is a great example of why we shouldn’t be banning books about the Holocaust.

[Globalnews.ca @globalnews]

Gamers are skilled at saving fictional worlds from virtual bad guys but some players are now using their skills to help scientists fight COVID-19.

For#GlobalNewsReality, @JohnHua discovered there are two Canadians at the centre of it all.

Read more: https://t.co/wCtsSvDZFn

[Nicole🐝Cowie 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @NicoleCowie3]

May I interrupt today’s doom scrolling with a good story about my dad from a couple of nights ago.🧵

[Natalie Smith @natterssmith]

@WestJet 🥶🐮👨‍👧🔺 (🇧🇲)

[Joseph Puopolo @jpuopolo]

Sadly accurate!

[Vik Adhopia @VikCBC]

@SabiVM @DrSamiraJeimy @COVIDSciOntario @ONgov

[Sabina Vohra-Miller @SabiVM]

Shared the hospitalizations by vaccine status data from @COVIDSciOntario and got slammed by messages from AVers showing me @ONgov pie charts of raw data as a ‘gotcha’.
Classic base rate fallacy - as explained here:

[Natalie Smith @natterssmith]

@jkwan_md Just wondering if there is data available on the vaccination status of those who have died due to Covid?

[Dr. Victor Leung, MD @VicLeungIDdoc]

A colleague shared this with me tonight -

Top pic is positive but faint (bil nasal swab only)

Bottom pic taken shortly after is positive with a higher viral load (bilateral cheek and bil nasal swab - couldn’t tolerate throat swab)

[Natalie Smith @natterssmith]

@ROWPublicHealth @ROWPublicHealth is there an overall schedule for the mobile vaccine bus, or are locations just announced days in advance? Thanks!

[Region of Waterloo Public Health @ROWPublicHealth]

🚨Mobile vaccination buses are on the move! There is a bus at 150 Main St., Cambridge now until 4 p.m.! Walk-ins, no appt needed.
1️⃣First doses for anyone born in 2009 or earlier
2️⃣Second doses for anyone who received first dose 28+ days ago
Spread the word, #TeamVaccineWR!

[Natalie Smith @natterssmith]

@Woolwichupdates @WCServices @woolwichnews @ElmiraBIA @Indyupdates @ElmiraGolf @WoodsideElmira

[Region of Waterloo Public Health @ROWPublicHealth]

🔔Reminder🔔There will be a pop-up vaccine clinic at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira TODAY—and tomorrow!
🗓Today (Aug. 18), 1 to 7:15 p.m.
🗓Tomorrow (Aug. 19), 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

✅Anyone born in 2009 or earlier welcome
🆔Bring your health card or another piece of ID

[Region of Waterloo Public Health @ROWPublicHealth]

🔔Reminder🔔There will be a pop-up vaccine clinic at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira TODAY—and tomorrow!
🗓Today (Aug. 18), 1 to 7:15 p.m.
🗓Tomorrow (Aug. 19), 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

✅Anyone born in 2009 or earlier welcome
🆔Bring your health card or another piece of ID

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

@kainagata No fatalities.

[Dr. Jennifer Kwan @jkwan_md]

Cases (new):
Unvaccinated: 360
Partial vax: 56
Full vax: 88

Hospitalizations (non-ICU total):
Unvaccinated: 44
Partial vax: 7
Full vax: 10

ICU (total):
Unvaccinated: 44
Partial vax: 5
Full vax: 2

(Unknown status excluded.)
Source: https://t.co/lREh0JkDfD

[Mark Paré @MarkLPare]

@ROWPublicHealth @RegionWaterloo @Sandy_Shantz On Friday from 12-4pm, it'll be at Floradale Public School in Elmira.

Saturday from 9-11am, it'll be at Forward Church on Franklin Blvd in Cambridge; also 12-2pm at Cambridge Centre Mall.

[Region of Waterloo @RegionWaterloo]

Businesses in #WatReg can host a mobile vaccination clinic for their employees! Whether your employees need a first or second dose of the vaccine, setup a mobile clinic at your place of business by filling out this form: https://t.co/PmVAacd0IM

[Natalie Smith @natterssmith]

@ianhanomansing Now that we’ve cleared this up: is it a shed or a babybarn?