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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.

@drgorfinkel

I now post on Bluesky. @DrGorfinkel.bsky.social Family doctor, Researcher. PrimeHealth Research Columnist @CBCRadio @GlobalNewsTo #IG :@dririsgorfinkel_

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AT SOME POINT … everyone needs an ER Long ER waits are a KEY METRIC of what’s TRULY MISSING - staff, beds & adequate funding ⁦Ontario Ministry of Health⁩ needs to prioritize HEALTHCARE …to limit this MISERY the-star.com/opinion/contri…

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1 in 5 ER VISITS in Ontario could be PREVENTED by having a GP while 1 in 5 HOSPITAL BEDS is TAKEN by parents waiting for PLACEMENT in alternate/long term care 😳 No wonder ER waits are so interminably L O N G thestar.com/opinion/contri…

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🚨 UNSUNG HERO ALERT Meet Marshall Cohen, 78 years young & the “last old MASTER of an art form” He has selected & bought fruit for Toronto’s markets, restaurant & grocery stores for 45 years. P.s. How do I pick a sweet watermelon? thestar.com/business/he-sp…

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It's WORSE than I thought... 💃FAST FASHION is responsible for ➡️134 million tons of textile waste PER YEAR ➡️Over 1/3 of the ocean's microplastics ➡️10% of 🌍's greenhouse gas emissions PLUS unsafe working conditions. scientificamerican.com/article/the-fa…

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🚨 HEAT WARNING 🚨 Toronto EMS is seeing a large volume of heat-related conditions Please read & share. images.app.goo.gl/5VyYJvaA8oP7g2…

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Doug Ford will spend $400-million on a PARKING GARAGE …leaving that much LESS for Public Transit theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Doug Ford will spend $400-million on a PARKING GARAGE 

…leaving that much LESS for Public Transit 
 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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The largest cuts to healthcare EVER will leave 11.8 million Americans without healthcare Proud to be 🇨🇦 Senate passes Trump’s tax-cut bill that would slash Medicaid spending statnews.com/2025/07/01/sen… via STAT

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Horrifying The USAID closure is expected to kill 2.4 MILLION people EACH YEAR Preventable infectious diseases will ⬆️ …& set the stage for another pandemic healthpolicy-watch.news/usaid-shut-dow…

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Not only has government brushed aside COVID - it brushed aside Justice Campbell's 2006 SARS report to be vigilent about outbreaks by proven tools like wastewater monitoring. I worry we will stumble into the next epidemic flatfooted. Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Not only has government brushed aside COVID - it brushed aside Justice Campbell's 2006 SARS report to be vigilent about outbreaks by proven tools like wastewater monitoring. I worry we will stumble into the next epidemic flatfooted. <a href="/DrGorfinkel/">Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.</a> thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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It's URGENT that political agendas don't blind policy makers to the harsh realities of COVID-19 thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

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A mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled in Roubaix, France, one day before the United States celebrates Independence Day on July 4. The mural, titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest,” was created by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw, who

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This GP & staff are still masking in the clinic. It’s been incredibly successful at keeping respiratory illnesses down in both staff & patients

This GP &amp; staff are still masking in the clinic. 

It’s been incredibly successful at keeping respiratory illnesses down in both staff &amp; patients
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Appalling & catastrophic The Trump administration is defunding research on LEADING GLOBAL CAUSES OF DEATH ...compounding the 2.4 MILLION DEATHS ANNUALLY from having shut down the 🇺🇸Agency for International Development (USAID)

Appalling  &amp;  catastrophic

The Trump administration is defunding research on LEADING GLOBAL CAUSES OF DEATH

...compounding the 2.4 MILLION DEATHS ANNUALLY 
from having shut down the 🇺🇸Agency for International Development (USAID)
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RFK Jr is being SUED over changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations KUDOS to the -American Academy of Pediatrics -American College of Physicians -American Public Health Association -Infectious Diseases Society of America -Massachusetts Public Health Alliance -Society for