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Dr. Lynora Saxinger MD FRCPC Infectious Diseases BTW. The work that suggested this path and proved its value didn’t just happen. It came from years of developing deep specialist expertise. Provincial and national public health needs to invest in specialism while maintaining strong generalist skills at the local level.

I asked a group of 6 year olds to come up with a mantra to help us through life. They had some ideas. A THREAD

What Is America's COVID Goal Now? - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archive…

🦠 There’s a lot we don’t yet understand about Omicron, including its impact on immunity and what it means for vaccines. New data will be emerging over the next few wks, which could be misinterpreted w/o context. What we might expect & how to interpret the emerging data? 🧵(1/n)

Merry Christmas! We got you a new telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope launched today, beginning a one-million-mile journey to see 13.5 billion years into the past. Follow NASA Webb Telescope and join the quest to #UnfoldTheUniverse: go.nasa.gov/3qHIEKT

It's not an iceberg ... it's an INSANE OPTICAL ILLUSION. I am obsessed with this story. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

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A 🧵 on why I don't think 'following the science' / 'not following the science' is a good way to describe or criticise the government's covid policies #evidencebasedpolicy #Evidence #COVID19 #followingthescience

As of late, America's favorite pastime has been predicting when the pandemic will end. Last month its course changed radically. Now some say we're approaching an "endemic" state with SARS2 reduced to a cold or flu. The hope is for everything to return to normal... Will it? 🧵

Good article on public health data use issues theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Excellent description of attributes of populism by Amarnath Amarasingam

There's an important reason why you shouldn't be calling Ukraine 'the Ukraine' and it's one that's mired in a history of changing borders that dates back centuries. trib.al/BFVayRQ

An excellent newsletter about understanding “risk” of all kinds, focused on how to make real life decisions in the waning days of Omicron. I really like Katelyn Jetelina newsletter - this is an especially good one. Consider subscribing if you like it. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/understandin…

The world lost a wonderfully thoughtful and kind man yesterday. Larry Svenson was an integral part of our province’s response to COVID. On behalf of all Albertans, I thank him for his important work, and my condolences to his family and everyone at Alberta Health.

.Dr. Verna Yiu (she/her) is stepping down as president and CEO of Alberta Health Services. This is not good news for Alberta health care. #abpoli #cdnhealth

Progressively taking the death out of the Covid calculus, now 90% reduced from peak worldwide Our World in Data

It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field. Previewed by President Donald J. Trump on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of NASA Webb Telescope's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

Who Does What: The Municipal Role in Public Health looks at the role municipalities play in public health, the constraints they face, and how they can work better with other orders of government. uoft.me/PublicHealth

It's neat to visually see "The Current Thing"

39,999,998… 39,999,999… 40,000,000! Canada’s population has officially reached 40 million people! 🎉 statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-st… #40millionCDNS #40MillionAndGrowing