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FLU SHOT✅ (finally!)
Really disappointed by how difficult it was to find an accommodating appt. Especially after being asked to talk about my anxiety so much this year.
But better late than never. Did it for my niece, inspired by @jillpromoli’s advocacy 💗 #ForJudeForEveryone
Really disappointed by how difficult it was to find an accommodating appt. Especially after being asked to talk about my anxiety so much this year.
But better late than never. Did it for my niece, inspired by @jillpromoli’s advocacy 💗 #ForJudeForEveryone
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to @horsepharmer who, in the true compassionate form of so many of our community pharmacists, went out of his way to help me find a local pharmacy that would do an at-home vaccination.
I didn’t know that was even a possibility!!
I didn’t know that was even a possibility!!
Our conversation inspired me to contact TO public health, & they let me know about the at-home vaccination program run by Toronto Paramedic Services.
I was very hesitant to take a spot in this program in case there was limited availability, but they were so happy to include me.
I was very hesitant to take a spot in this program in case there was limited availability, but they were so happy to include me.
An average of ~3500 Canadians die from the flu in a typical year.
That number sounds so small in the wake of #COVID19, but that's a lot of people lost to a preventable illness.
But this year all our illness prevention efforts wiped out the flu. Compare to previous years. 1/5
That number sounds so small in the wake of #COVID19, but that's a lot of people lost to a preventable illness.
But this year all our illness prevention efforts wiped out the flu. Compare to previous years. 1/5
People over 65, kids under 5, pregnant women, and people with underlying health concerns are at greatest risk from the flu's most serious complications, but risk isn't absolute and perfectly healthy younger adults die from this preventable disease, too. 2/5
#ForJudeForEveryone
#ForJudeForEveryone
I don't know what the flu might look like in the next year or two, but my hope is that the lessons we've learned through the pandemic will carry forward and we'll do a better job protecting ourselves and each other. In all this devastation, we saved kids this year. 3/5
Alright. I'm seeing a lot of reaction and questions re: today's announcement from @fordnation re: the #flushot. Let's talk about it.
1) 'Why is the #flushot a top priority in their pandemic response?'
It's early September and we're already stretched beyond our testing capacity, before flu season has started. Symptoms for flu and COVID are similar, and fewer flu cases means fewer people needing COVID tests.
It's early September and we're already stretched beyond our testing capacity, before flu season has started. Symptoms for flu and COVID are similar, and fewer flu cases means fewer people needing COVID tests.
2) 'What does the flu have to do with #COVID19?'
They're 2 different *serious* respiratory illnesses. Early this year we heard a lot of 'just a flu' or '*not* just a flu'. Please forget this phrase. Flu kills ~3500 Canadians each year. We don't know what both together are like.
They're 2 different *serious* respiratory illnesses. Early this year we heard a lot of 'just a flu' or '*not* just a flu'. Please forget this phrase. Flu kills ~3500 Canadians each year. We don't know what both together are like.
For kids in school, illness prevention will be vital. In ~one month we need everyone to be ready and able to do what's necessary.
Masks as required/able
Practice handwashing, covering coughs/sneezes
Flu shots for whole family
Sufficient #sickdays for all
#onted #onpoli
1/7
Masks as required/able
Practice handwashing, covering coughs/sneezes
Flu shots for whole family
Sufficient #sickdays for all
#onted #onpoli
1/7
We all know how quickly illness circulates at school. One sick kid in a classroom quickly becomes a class full of sick kids, who all take it home. As we live with #COVID19, it's more important than ever that we keep fevers and flu-like symptoms home. 2/7
Practice now. Plan now. If your kids are returning to school, help them get into routines that will reduce chances of contracting/spreading illness, and get yourself in the habit, too. This takes all of us doing our part. Everyone who gets #COVID19 gets it from someone else. 3/7
Today I joined @YourMorning to talk about Ontario's plan to reopen our schools in September. We talked about masks, prevention measures in schools, #sickdays, and how we're all feeling about going back. This is hard for everyone right now. #onpoli #onted
theloop.ca/watch/news/can…
theloop.ca/watch/news/can…
Thank you to @AnneMarieAMK and Eleanor Pinney for this fantastic conversation this morning, and thanks always to @YourMorning for the opportunity to talk about public health and how we can do our best to protect ourselves and everyone we come in contact with. #forjudeforeveryone
Apparently the video in the link above has stopped working, but the video can also be found here.
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#PaidSickLeaveSavesLives and it's needed urgently while we deal with #COVID19, but we need paid #sickdays permanently to protect our health and lives every year. One sick person in an office or classroom quickly passes on illness, putting us all at risk. 1/4 #forjudeforeveryone
Do you know what you're legally entitled to in your region? If your employer has a more generous plan than what's mandated, you may not think about it, but when people in our community are forced to work sick, we're all affected.2/4 #PaidSickDaysSaveLives
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This is what illness in the classroom did to my family. Not during a pandemic, but a normal year when ~3500 🇨🇦s die from flu, ~12,200 are hospitalized, and many suffer. It doesn't just happen. Everyone who gets the flu & #COVID19 gets it from someone else.
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives
.@fordnation recently claimed there's nothing he cares more about than our children's safety.
Four years ago one sick kid in a classroom became a classroom full of sick kids who all took it home. Days after it came to us our son died. #sickdays save lives and health resources.
Four years ago one sick kid in a classroom became a classroom full of sick kids who all took it home. Days after it came to us our son died. #sickdays save lives and health resources.
People need affordable and accessible #sickdays so they can stay home when they're sick to recover, and don't spread illness to others. Jude is dead because someone came to school sick. What if that child's parents were out of sick days, or couldn't afford to take one?
Tomorrow will be 4 years since we lost Jude and I'm still not sure how it's real. In the week of his anniversary we focus on finding ways to make life easier for other families. Today is also #GivingTuesday so I'll share our favourites now.#GrabYourCape #forjudeforeveryone 1/9
1)@foodbankscanada- In Dec. Isla realized there must be need all year and asked to organize a spring food drive. #COVID19 arrived and changed everything, and she set a goal of raising $2000. Thank you for your support, and there's still time to help. 2/9
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2) We're all feeling how hard it is to be away from loved ones, and when you're little and sick you need your family. @RMHCCanada keeps families together when they need it most, and right now they need our support to keep doing this vital work. 3/9
4 years ago today. This is the last picture I ever took of Jude (left). Later that day the school called to tell me Isla had spiked a fever, and I first learned of the 'nasty bug' that had already affected almost everyone in class. Some kids out for weeks, 1 in the hospital. 1/10
For her it was mild, better in a day, home for a few. 4 days later when Jude woke up with a low-grade fever we had no idea he'd die that afternoon.
One sick kid in a classroom quickly became a classroom full of sick kids who all took it home to their families. Someone died. 2/10
One sick kid in a classroom quickly became a classroom full of sick kids who all took it home to their families. Someone died. 2/10
Here, then gone. Laughing, then still.
The autopsy report later conclusively determined influenza B as the sole cause of death. The flu.
3/10
The autopsy report later conclusively determined influenza B as the sole cause of death. The flu.
3/10
Our hearts are broken hearing the story of Joanne Ens, a 24-year-old newlywed who died of complications from influenza B on January 6th. Her husband Dustin beautifully and bravely shares her story in this interview with @CTVNews. 1/14
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Along with the the news of the death of 17-year-old Blaine Ruppenthal, also from Manitoba, concerns are growing about the risk for healthy low-risk individuals this flu season, as influenza A and B are both circulating heavily at the same time. 2/14
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While young kids, seniors, pregnant women, and people with underlying health conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart conditions, and cancer are always at higher risk from the flu, the unfortunate reality is anyone can be hospitalized or die from this preventable disease. 3/14
'What's the harm in giving Gwyneth Paltrow a health show on @Netflix?'
This morning I put two of my children on the school bus. The third is a box of ashes. Health information should come from experts, not celebrities. Stop giving them platforms. 1/5
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
This morning I put two of my children on the school bus. The third is a box of ashes. Health information should come from experts, not celebrities. Stop giving them platforms. 1/5
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
It's easier than ever to search for information on any topic. Unfortunately, it's just as easy for people to distribute garbage. Misinformation about health is never beneficial. It never helps anyone except those who seek to profit from it, and it's doing real harm. 2/5
Vaccination rates are dropping, people are seeking alternative care instead of seeing their doctor, and serious illnesses are being missed or left untreated (or improperly treated) until it's too late. People are dying. People are putting others at risk. 3/5
A friendly reminder:
Anyone who tells you that ‘they had the flu and it wasn’t that bad’ 100% did not have the flu to begin with.
(or was vaccinated and had milder symptoms because of it)
Most people will remember the EXACT week(s) they had their last bout with the flu.
Anyone who tells you that ‘they had the flu and it wasn’t that bad’ 100% did not have the flu to begin with.
(or was vaccinated and had milder symptoms because of it)
Most people will remember the EXACT week(s) they had their last bout with the flu.
Mine was my first year of family medicine residency.
I still remember the ER doc taking one look at me dragging myself in that night and saying:
“You look worse than every single patient here. Go home.”
I obliged & took nearly a week to recuperate.
I still remember the ER doc taking one look at me dragging myself in that night and saying:
“You look worse than every single patient here. Go home.”
I obliged & took nearly a week to recuperate.
My wife had to be kept overnight for dehydration/lethargy due to influenza as she wasn’t keeping up with hydration between bouts of sleeping and being deliriously feverish.
I had never been so scared for her until that day.
I had never been so scared for her until that day.
