🧵 It's been a 16-month wait, but we're getting a great Statscan release on Wednesday: subprovincial population estimates.

We're talking tons of data on migration patterns for cities and towns.

Here's a quick look at recent trends:

Opening the cabin this weekend? Not the kind of ‘squeaky’ clean you were thinking?

Prevent #hantavirus infections by keeping your home, cabin, garage, shed, vehicles, outdoor equipment and farm buildings rodent-free. ow.ly/VHqN50RenYc 🐭

Yup, Tucker Carlson jumped on the Lyme conspiracy theory bandwagon. I helped PolitiFact correct the heinous misinformation: politifact.com/factchecks/202…

#lymedisease

No, Lyme disease is not a bioweapon.

Great quotes from experts Drs. Maria Diuk-Wasser, Katharine Walter, and Andrea Love!

This tweet is sickening.

And B.C. had the most deaths ever too. And this isn't a policy competition. And this isn't the death olympics. And they were people, not numbers. And numbers numb.

My love goes out to this family. In March I wrote about why we need to talk about vaccine hesitancy, when polling shows more Canadian parents are now “really against” vaccinating their kids. We need more empathy and less judgment TVO Today | The Agenda
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A reminder as #measles cases rises in Ontario, including one child's death, that it is possible to suppress outbreaks. Quebec did it this year through a mix of contact tracing, providing post-exposure prophylaxis, getting low school vaccination rates up:
cbc.ca/news/canada/mo….

I was working a Ptbo ED 🏥 shift last night…low and behold a lil but dangerous black legged tick presented themselves on someone…
They’re out early and eager to infect with Lyme! Prevent transmission with long clothes and by checking for ticks.
peterboroughpublichealth.ca/your-health/in…

According to Statistics Canada there have been 7 measles deaths in Canada in the last 23 years.

Let's hope we don't see more than 1 death this year.

If you or your loved ones aren't vaccinated, do it now.

Vaccination prevents serious disease and death from measles.

.Dept. of Agriculture reports 2 more herds with confirmed #H5N1 #birdflu infections, in Michigan & Idaho. Cumulative national total is now 51 herds. Michigan, which has been more transparent than other affected states, has reported the highest number of positive herds.
aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

If anyone needs to understand why Dr de Villa resigned. Shame on Sylvia Jones and the Ontario government. Can’t wait to get rid of these unscientific, corrupt clowns.

Alice Munro, Canadian author who won Nobel Prize for Literature, dies at 92. Acclaimed writer and master of the short story, she packed more insight and suspense into a few pages than most writers could cram into a novel, by Sandra Martin theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeBooks 📚

Document obtained by ⁦Allison Jones⁩ reveals (despite the Ford government’s previous efforts to keep the numbers secret) how many thousands of nurses and personal support workers Ontario will need in the coming years. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

NEW: On the broken FOI system.

The Ministry of Health won a battle with Global News to keep a healthcare staffing document redacted, citing economic harms.

Turns out the Canadian Press received a similar document thru FOI - unredacted.

globalnews.ca/news/10491802/…

#onpoli

Ontario will need 33,200 more #nurses and 50,853 more #PSW 's by 2032. For some reason the province wanted to keep these numbers 'private' when full transparency is essential. Kudos The Canadian Press toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s-need… CTV Toronto

Completely agree.

We cannot let space be made for hate of any kind. Here. Where we live. Against people we love (and maybe especially against those not in our own circles).

Listen for dehumanization of others. It's a warning sign.

I find it troubling that high producing farm land is being used for projects like these

This land will be taken out of production for upwards of 30 years

There has to be better options out there!

Just a reminder that the largest reservoir for whooping cough are the adults whose immunity has waned. Talk to your family doctor (if you have one) for a booster.

It’s Saturday night and people across Israel are calling for Netanyahu to go. Enough. Enough.

If #H5N1 sparked a pandemic, would the world be able to rush out vaccines? My latest explores the plans in place globally, and here in Canada — and why experts warn getting shots out in a crisis is never simple, even when vaccine candidates already exist:
cbc.ca/news/health/bi…