Along with several of my physician colleagues, I watched today's @SKGov announcements with high hopes. Hopes that we would do the right thing. That our premier would choose to save lives. My hopes were shattered. 1/6 I cannot fathom, as a pediatrician and a mother, that KNOWING we have ways to prevent kids from getting sick, being orphaned, and dying, we still choose not to take these measures. 2/6

We're in deep trouble. I have a peds colleague with a 2 month old and a 2 year old at home. They developed fever + runny nose last week. She looked at the #CovidTesting drive through in Saskatoon: 3h wait (no one wants to go through this with a toddler and an infant). 1/4 She called 811: she was call back number 85. 811 called back after 6h. She had to talk to 2 separate nurses. After this, she then waited 4 days for a call back with an appointment for testing. By then the kids were healthy again. 2/4

It’s the first week of residency for many incoming residents this week. I remember my first day @usask so vividly: I was so stressed out that I developed tinnitus and asked my senior to examine my ears because I thought I was suddenly becoming deaf. Everyone: take deep breaths. I have one advice: you are NEVER alone. Don’t ever think that you need to suffer in silence. If you don’t know something, it’s normal! You’re not supposed to know anything: that’s why you’re where you are. No one expects PGY1s to be experts in their fields.