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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹

Seeing lots of slides being posted from multiple conferences without attribution... Speakers, put your Twitter handle on every single slide! If you’re posting, don’t forget to cite the source! #CCC50 #medtwitter

Would you look at that. No active long-term care COVID-19 outbreaks in Vancouver Coastal Health. It has been a long 11 months since we declared the first LTC outbreak, and mourned the first COVID-19 death in Canada. “Reason to celebrate”, yes, and we must keep going. #cdnhealth

Deaths falling fastest among the over-85s and among care home residents over the past 3 weeks than in other groups (including 75-84s) - first signs of vaccination effect? (from National Records of Scotland)

We encourage Canadians to read and share this document to help spread evidence-based answers to key questions and concerns many older Canadians are facing. Read the full report here: bit.ly/2N4Y4sK

Dr. Lisa Iannattone Would #Canada have the courage to dare conquer #COVID19 with a COVIDzero Canada 🍁? Perhaps after 3rd wave in #COVID19Ontario we will? 1. Masks + Social Distance 2. Lockdown 3. FAST vaccination rollout 4. Adopt #COVIDzero strategy #onpoli #cdnpoli Doug Ford Christine Elliott

We just notified hundreds of 79-year olds today that they are now eligible for the vaccine. Sign up too so you get notified the same day you become eligible. ManitobaVaccine.ca

Question med Twitter: does polypharmacy of medications with weak association with drug-induced Parkinsonism work like anticholinergic burden (anticholinergicscales.es)? Is EPS burden calculator a thing?

Please re-Tweet these 10 tips for communicating effectively with loved ones who have #Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia. #caregiving #kindness

If you need a smile: This woman, 82, dresses to the nines each Sunday for virtual church. Her selfies have become legendary. "Since March 29, 2020, she has taken photos of herself from her living room in 53 different color-coordinated outfits"!!!washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021…

In anticipation, I'd like to make a few points already. 1. A proportion of breakthrough infections are expected. Otherwise, vaccine trials would all have reported 100% efficacy. 3/

"Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2." New paper in The Lancet by Trisha Greenhalgh, Kimberly Prather, Ph.D., @Rschooley, Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez, @dfisman and me! We argue the case that it's not just that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne, but that it's predominantly airborne.

I received a DM about outbreak declaration in long-term care homes, and thought this might be interesting to some. Provincial LTC protocols I have read (i.e. all of them) have an approach to sub-/suspect-/non-outbreak COVID episodes that don’t meet outbreak criteria. Let’s go! 1/

We can't FORCE new Communities of Practice CoPs are successful because they last over time through generating excitement, staying relevant, engaging members, attracting new ones. They are 'alive' We can't force this but we can cultivate it Wenger's et al's 7 principles: 1/9

Vaccines work. Spread the word. 💉 x.com/neverseentit/s…

Big thank you to Prairie Mountain Health for an amazingly efficient experience at the Brandon Super Site vaccination clinic this morning! Booking was easy and I was through the clinic stations without delay. Each and every person I interacted with was warm and welcoming.