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I feel the concern healthcare providers, especially those helping kids are feeling right now. I feel it both as a previous ER physician and a father of two little kids. I can feel the fear of health care providers right now.
I’ve also worked in healthcare in other countries where I had to triage for inadequate care; I’ve had children die on me, because their health system failed them. It’s not something you ever fully recover from, and it’s something we must do everything in our power to avoid here.
That means taking prevention of current infections seriously. Now. It means getting our kids, but all of us up-to-date & protected by vaccines (COVID+Flu). It means masking up at school, work, and out in the community, anywhere we can spread. It means staying home when sick!
.@WHCOVIDResponse briefing coming up at 10:30amET with someone different today: #HHS @SecBecerra, who's joining @CDCDirector Walensky, #NIH Fauci, Jeff Zients to discuss a roadmap to enable US to move forward safely & sustain/build on progress #COVID19😷
.@WHCOVIDResponse #COVID19 briefing seems to be running a bit late to get started.
#COVID19vaccines #MaskUp #HHS #NIH #CDC
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#COVID19vaccines #MaskUp #HHS #NIH #CDC
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#HHS @SecBecerra, @CDCDirector Walensky, #NIH Fauci & Jeff Zients together in same room today at #COVID19 briefing! That's a change, too!
#MaskUp #COVID19vaccines 😷💉😷
#MaskUp #COVID19vaccines 😷💉😷
📊 Ontario Science table’s survey shows significantly lower vaccination intention amongst groups who experience a disproportionate burden of COVID outcomes: low income & racialized.
As someone who belongs to this group & does literacy outreach I’d like to dissect it further 🧵⤵️
As someone who belongs to this group & does literacy outreach I’d like to dissect it further 🧵⤵️
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This phenomenon isn’t new. In every aspect of medicine, racialized, marginalized, underserved & low-income groups, who often experience the highest burden of bad outcome, also happen to be the most reluctant to seek medical intervention, including vaccination. But why⁉️
This phenomenon isn’t new. In every aspect of medicine, racialized, marginalized, underserved & low-income groups, who often experience the highest burden of bad outcome, also happen to be the most reluctant to seek medical intervention, including vaccination. But why⁉️
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Barriers to access is at the root of the issue‼️
These barriers include:
📌 Mistrust
📌 Low health literacy
📌 Financial & logistical burden
Let’s take a look at these one-by-one:
Barriers to access is at the root of the issue‼️
These barriers include:
📌 Mistrust
📌 Low health literacy
📌 Financial & logistical burden
Let’s take a look at these one-by-one:
With a 4th wave "inevitable" per Quebec, underway in Ontario and building in BC and AB (over 500 cases just yesterday!)
NOW is the time to revisit the recommendations of the🤯😷 Excess All-Cause Mortality report by @MoriartyLab et al
#COVID19 #ableg #onpoli #bcpoli #assnat
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NOW is the time to revisit the recommendations of the🤯😷 Excess All-Cause Mortality report by @MoriartyLab et al
#COVID19 #ableg #onpoli #bcpoli #assnat
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Canada has reported 26,688 COVID-related deaths - 13th highest amongst the 38 OECD nations, though our experience has been less intense than other G7 nations.
But are we reporting deaths coherently?
No.
Were lessons learned from previous waves to change this?
Also no.
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But are we reporting deaths coherently?
No.
Were lessons learned from previous waves to change this?
Also no.
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It's assumed that 80% of deaths were in long-term care homes *DOUBLE* the OECD avg of 40%
The @MoriartyLab team concludes COVID-related deaths are **UNDERCOUNTED** by at least 6,000
That's at least 2/3rds of COVID deaths in communities outside of LTC settings MISSED
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The @MoriartyLab team concludes COVID-related deaths are **UNDERCOUNTED** by at least 6,000
That's at least 2/3rds of COVID deaths in communities outside of LTC settings MISSED
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Read 'em for you. There are a number of not-surprising facts that these documents make clear. Our Public Health response was not guided by the best evidence available. Curious as to whether political interference and the interest of certain lobby groups played a role. (1/31)
"Monetary compensation for lost wages, trust in public health regulations and worry about infection was linked to increased intent to adhere to quarantine. However, stricter sanctions, higher fines and penalties for violators did not impact adherence." AB chose the former 2/31
The incubation period across all meta-analyses was an average or median of 5-7 days with the longest reported to be 32 days. There was some evidence the average incubation period may be longer for children and older adults. IMP: the 3 day isolation hotel is nonsensical. 3/31
It’s fantastic news that Michigan’s unemployment rate is lower than the national rate.
But... (you know what’s coming...A🧵👇🏾)
But... (you know what’s coming...A🧵👇🏾)
We have to ask realistically ask ourselves “how many of those who are ‘in the labor force’ are in FT (with solid benefits) vs PT work (w/little to no benefits)?”
We have to realistically ask “How many in the labor force are among the underemployed or working multiple jobs to survive?”
1/I have to believe this decision wasn't made lightly.
What I need to hear (and will actively support):
Resources will be committed to develop an integrated strategy for in-person instruction as a healthy, resilient workplace in Sept 2021
Why this is so important:
What I need to hear (and will actively support):
Resources will be committed to develop an integrated strategy for in-person instruction as a healthy, resilient workplace in Sept 2021
Why this is so important:
2/Schools offer an essential service to students
Many have benefitted from in-person instruction and stable access to clinical services as needed.
And more have benefitted when there have been additional educational supports (e.g. EAs)
Many have benefitted from in-person instruction and stable access to clinical services as needed.
And more have benefitted when there have been additional educational supports (e.g. EAs)
We have seen investments for schools to be healthier workplaces for students
and for the education staff who are critical to their essential work.
But these measures haven't been consistently applied across communities, despite PHUs, education admin, staff, parents leaning in.
and for the education staff who are critical to their essential work.
But these measures haven't been consistently applied across communities, despite PHUs, education admin, staff, parents leaning in.
“I am coming to you with this information in hopes that you may ask @StrangRobert if the daycares have been directed not to go public with the number of positive cases."
#PaidSickLeave #PandemicPay #ECE
#PaidSickLeave #PandemicPay #ECE
The govt. could always make an exception to the age-based vaccination program, as it chose to do for police officers. (One of Strang's biggest flip-flops.)
These days, female ECEs are arguably at as much risk of contracting the virus as police officers. ottawa.ctvnews.ca/licensed-dayca…
These days, female ECEs are arguably at as much risk of contracting the virus as police officers. ottawa.ctvnews.ca/licensed-dayca…
On a related matter...Kids and Company is the epitome of for-profit, #BigBoxDaycare.
Dec. 2018: @kidsandcompany, a private (non-stock market-traded) firm, will operate 100 Canadian centres in six provinces and nine US centres in 2019.
@CSaulnierHfx #CUPE
allforchildcare.ca/2018/12/14/the…
Dec. 2018: @kidsandcompany, a private (non-stock market-traded) firm, will operate 100 Canadian centres in six provinces and nine US centres in 2019.
@CSaulnierHfx #CUPE
allforchildcare.ca/2018/12/14/the…
Our neighbourhood in Brampton positivity rate: 26%
Loss of life is hard to comprehend.
What's harder to comprehend is why workers are still manufacturing non-essential items & why they lack protection. On why new #PaidSickLeave fails to protect low-income workers Thread 1/4
Loss of life is hard to comprehend.
What's harder to comprehend is why workers are still manufacturing non-essential items & why they lack protection. On why new #PaidSickLeave fails to protect low-income workers Thread 1/4
1. Workers are ineligible for CRSB the week they receive WIPB. CRSB meant to complement paid sick days whereas this policy makes them ineligible. Workers already struggling now have to deal with granular details of multiple applications & still end up with financial loss 2/4
2. This benefit is only for 3 days. How can someone struggling to pay bills get tested, isolate, recover and get vaccinated with 3 days of leave? 3/4
Today’s half-hearted attempt at a #paidsickleave program is an abandonment of workers. It’s been a week since his apology and 412 days since my first letter on paid sick leave, and what @fordnation came up with is a failure. 1/ #onpoli
In the last week alone, more than 20,000 people have gotten sick and 159 have died while we waited for some form of action. Appalling. 2/
I don’t understand why Doug Ford picked September as an end to this program instead of the end of the pandemic. I also don’t understand how he could think 3 days is enough time, when he himself has been in isolation for more than a week after testing negative. 3/
So here's why I'm concerned. We are seeing VOCs absolutely explode in ON, and at the same time the test positivity is going back up, so the cases are probably outpacing our testing strategies.
So much of what was said in the ON press conference earlier this week made it clear the focus is on vaccines. That's awesome, I am very pro-vaccine. But here we are on Friday and folks in hot spots still don't know how or *if* they can get a vaccine. toronto.citynews.ca/2021/04/08/ont…
So this means that we can't be relying 100% on vaccines right now to solve this exploding VOC problem. To me this means:
-We need to seriously consider closing schools throughout ON
-We need to make it VERY EASY for folks to not come to work sick (#paidsickleave)
-We need to seriously consider closing schools throughout ON
-We need to make it VERY EASY for folks to not come to work sick (#paidsickleave)
1/It's the eve of provincial announcements on schools reopening for in-person instruction.
Households are under stress and experts are divided on whether schools are unicorns or infernos.
Everyone wants to do right by kids, who have borne so much throughout this pandemic.
Households are under stress and experts are divided on whether schools are unicorns or infernos.
Everyone wants to do right by kids, who have borne so much throughout this pandemic.
2/As @AmyGreerKalisz, @AshTuite and I wrote in July, the most effective strategy in schools is to decrease community transmission.
In that context, superspreader events in schools rarely occurred in the Fall, and PH measures seemed to be effective. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
In that context, superspreader events in schools rarely occurred in the Fall, and PH measures seemed to be effective. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
3/But local and global data are conflicted re: the role kids play in #SARSCoV2 transmission, with few studies involving comprehensive testing of asymptomatic high-risk contacts.
(recall: up to 50% of kids with COVID are asymptomatic, so symptom-based testing will miss cases).
(recall: up to 50% of kids with COVID are asymptomatic, so symptom-based testing will miss cases).
A2: There is some good news here: Gig & part-time workers are covered by #PaidSickLeave included in the March 18 bill.
They also have access to UI benefits from the $2.2T #StimulusBill passed last week and through work-sharing programs at the state level. #JobEquityCOVID 1/
They also have access to UI benefits from the $2.2T #StimulusBill passed last week and through work-sharing programs at the state level. #JobEquityCOVID 1/
Making these changes more expansive & permanent is necessary so all workers can weather this crisis. We should build in triggers so supports don’t stop until the economy recovers, and they turn back on if crisis returns
equitablegrowth.org/the-only-thing… #JobEquityCOVID #RecessionReady 2/
equitablegrowth.org/the-only-thing… #JobEquityCOVID #RecessionReady 2/
Workers will need to file an unemployment claim in the state where they worked.
Many offices will be closed due to social distancing guidelines, but laid off workers can apply online or by phone.
Here’s how: careeronestop.org/WorkerReEmploy… #JobEquityCOVID /n
Many offices will be closed due to social distancing guidelines, but laid off workers can apply online or by phone.
Here’s how: careeronestop.org/WorkerReEmploy… #JobEquityCOVID /n
Last night, @realDonaldTrump signed the #FamiliesFirst #Coronavirus Response Act into law.
So, I want to tell you why I voted for this package & how it will help #WorkingFamilies across the US.
1️⃣ Ensures FREE #COVID19 testing for everyone who needs it, including the uninsured.
So, I want to tell you why I voted for this package & how it will help #WorkingFamilies across the US.
1️⃣ Ensures FREE #COVID19 testing for everyone who needs it, including the uninsured.
2️⃣ Increases #Medicaid funding to help local, state, tribal & territorial health systems.
3️⃣ Enhances Unemployment Insurance, provides 2 weeks of #PaidSickLeave, up to 3 months of family/medical leave for eligible workers & fully reimburses #SmallBusinesses for providing leave.
3️⃣ Enhances Unemployment Insurance, provides 2 weeks of #PaidSickLeave, up to 3 months of family/medical leave for eligible workers & fully reimburses #SmallBusinesses for providing leave.
4️⃣ Strengthens nutrition initiatives like #SNAP, #StudentMeals, #SeniorsMeals & #FoodBanks.
All these measures will help those hit hardest by #COVID19 like low-income, hourly & gig workers.
@HouseDemocrats will continue passing bills #ForThePeople to get us through this crisis.
All these measures will help those hit hardest by #COVID19 like low-income, hourly & gig workers.
@HouseDemocrats will continue passing bills #ForThePeople to get us through this crisis.
THREAD on the stubborn persistence (tragic, good, or otherwise) of #Interdependence. 1/
Trump and his team came into power in 2017 telling us we needed to put America first, we had returned to an era of "great power" rivalry, the laws of the Hobbesian jungle were all that mattered, and international law, norms & institutions were for sissies. 2/
In this new (or return to the old) dog-eat-dog world, the United States was going to "win" because we had more power -- military, economic, and soft power -- than all other countries. (If the jungle had returned, then we were the lion (or, if a jungle, then the tiger) 3/
Been taking a closer look at the #paidsickdays and #familyleave provisions of the #familiesfirst Coronavirus Response Act that the House just passed. Some first impressions.
The bill amends the #FMLA AND has a new Act that requires private employers with fewer than 500 workers and all public employers to offer #paidsickleave.
Mandatory #paidsickleave ONLY applies if you are affected by #coronavirus and need time off because you are sick or exposed or if you have a family member who is affected (either sick or home from school or childcare because of closures).
Sometimes, things work like this:
school closings → homelessness → human trafficking
#COVID19 [Thread]
school closings → homelessness → human trafficking
#COVID19 [Thread]
Folks like @CovenantHouse and others have researched & well documented the link between homelessness & human trafficking. covenanthouse.org/homeless-issue…
Much like folks who claim they hate abortion — yet refuse to fund and promote #SexEd, #birthcontrol , etc. — we can't stop the spread of #Covid_19 unless we also support a safety net that includes #PaidSickLeave, #MedicareForAll, mortgage & student loan relief, etc.
In the face of a global pandemic, it doesn’t matter where you come from, how rich or poor you are, or your cultural background. #Covid_19 reminds us: we all deserve to be treated equally and have the same basic rights including universal access to healthcare & #paidsickleave 1/5
We're working with partners, governments & UN agencies in 65 countries to determine how best to respond to #Covid_19 crisis. Given our expertise in public health & sanitation, we're deeply concerned about impacts in poor countries with weak public health systems. 2/5
We are also concerned that if the disease hits #refugee camps and other places where people are already struggling to access health care or food, #Covid_19 will become even more devastating.
[Photo: Handwashing training w @UNICEFJordan + @OxfamMENA in Za'atari refugee camp] 3/5
[Photo: Handwashing training w @UNICEFJordan + @OxfamMENA in Za'atari refugee camp] 3/5
🚨 Health workers: thread of #COVID19 advocacy 🚨
We have a role in public health communication and influencing decision-makers at various levels.
1) Explain to loved ones the need to social distance. This guide helps 👇🏽
We have a role in public health communication and influencing decision-makers at various levels.
1) Explain to loved ones the need to social distance. This guide helps 👇🏽
2) Push your employer and all employers to embrace remote work and paid leave policies.
3) Shift outpatient care toward tele-visits, especially for the most vulnerable, but also for others where a tele-visit will suffice.
Hey @TheEdgewaterSEA #PaidSickLeave is the law not policy! Seattle’s Paid Sick and Time (PSST) Ordinance allows employees to stay home to care for their own or a family member’s illness. More on PSST: seattle.gov/laborstandards… and COVID-19: bit.ly/32Cn7qv.
If an employee in Seattle needs to care for a personal or family member's illness or health condition, they can use their Paid Sick and Safe Time. seattle.gov/laborstandards…
@TheEdgewaterSEA can take immediate steps to reduce the spread of #COVID19 by using our laws as a floor not a limit of what they can and should do. I’m disappointed to hear they are unwilling to do more during this critical public health crises.
The richest country on earth & in the history of humankind should be better prepared for the #CoronavirusOutbreak. Here are some reasons we’re not:
1. No #MedicareForAll means patients face financial hurdles (co-pays, deductibles, other bills) that deter them from health care...
1. No #MedicareForAll means patients face financial hurdles (co-pays, deductibles, other bills) that deter them from health care...
2. Financial hurdles, unnecessary paperwork, & pointless scrutiny of immigration status when determining health care make it harder for people of color & low-income families to access medical services. #COVID19 will hurt these communities harder because of these unjust processes.
3. We don’t have #PaidSickLeave to allow sick patients the time & financial security to recover. Most of us go to work sick, not because we’re gross or cruel, but because our livelihoods are on the line. Those of us with sick days still go to work cuz our bosses expect them to.
