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Emily Fagan
@thatemfagan
Staff reporter with @TorontoStar | formerly @cbcnews @globeandmail @capitaldailyvic | tips: efagan@thestar.ca
May 4, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Received my first dose of the (Pfizer) vaccine today!! I’m very excited and lucky for this moment to have arrived—and meanwhile in NY, my little brother got his second dose of Moderna today! For those curious what getting the vax is like in BC, a thread. 1/ I got my first dose at the Victoria Conference Center. About two dozen other people were ahead of me when I arrived, spaced out in this fast-moving line up. 2/
May 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Experts say Trikafta, a drug currently under review in Canada, could be a game changer for treating cystic fibrosis. For some, it has already changed their lives.

But with secretive negotiations over a high cost, some warn this drug may remain out of reach for many.

My latest: Battling governments and corporations for access to drugs she has found to be life-saving is nothing new for Lilia Zaharieva. In 2017, she saw the monetary value of her health publicly debated after losing coverage.

“I felt so dehumanized having a price on my life,” she said.