1/7 Lifting mask mandates and other public health measures while so few children are vaccinated puts them disproportionately at risk. Mask-wearing reduces the risk of indoor transmission, especially in schools and other group settings. Adriana LaGrange canada.ca/en/public-heal…

U of A public health experts call Alberta plan to phase out all COVID-19 restrictions 'reckless' | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Public health experts from University of Alberta are also speaking out against the removal of public health protections. We have many experts in this province who can help us navigate this pandemic -- I just wish this government listened to them sometimes. #COVID19AB #ableg

Read this letter from public health educators to Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 who are condemning the elimination of Heath protections, let’s make this trend 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 thanks @scottheidi576

I am profoundly disappointed to see a $52M cut to #ualberta in Budget 2022. This will cause pointless pain for students and staff. In a budget with a surplus, this is a needless kick to students who are already down. #AbLeg #abpse ualberta.ca/the-quad/2022/…

10th most read paper in 2021 from Chris Carswell is a paper by @MccabeCJM Mike Paulden Peter Hall et al. on probabilistic 1-way sensitivity analysis link.springer.com/article/10.100…

University of Alberta you committed to retaining campus mask mandate thru end of Winter 2022. Staff & students made decisions on in-person classes based on yr commitment. Now you say (on Friday!) that you're scrapping mandate next wk. We can't trust you. Bill Flanagan University of Alberta Students' Union

It's a sad day for Alberta to see these massive, disgraceful tuition increases at both our largest universities. It's funny how everyone involved insists students were appropriately consulted... except the students themselves. #abpse #ualberta #ableg calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…

Seen on Reddit today-- a heartbreaking reminder of how political games cause pain to real people, especially around masks and infectious diseases. This should not have happened. #abpse #ableg #ualberta

Hello University of Alberta & Bill Flanagan. Today's the first class meeting one of my courses since the commitment to a campus mask mandate was broken by the administration. Until now in-person attendance has bee around 80-100%, which is far better than I anticipated. This morning ...1/

Sometimes I engage with established researchers and I'm amazed how rigid their thinking has become. Contrast that with speaking with sparky grad students that get everything in an instant and ask all the right questions. Experience counts for plenty, but we mustn't get stuck.

I agree. List prices in other countries do not reflect the value that drugs provide to Canadian patients, and it is inexplicable that Canadian drug price regulation will remain limited to this outdated consideration. Canada has the means and expertise to do better. PMPRB_CEPMB

#Health #economics thought for the day: Incremental analysis with multiple comparators is a pain and easy to get wrong. Make life a lot easier on yourself by calculating net benefit instead. Mike Paulden's paper explains the method nicely: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32390067/

In Medical Decision Making , Mike Paulden Jinyi Zhu @tara_lavelle Jim Hammitt and I looked at trends in author-reported cost-effectiveness thresholds in the US (1995-2018) and their implications for discount rates for cost and health outcomes #NERDTHREAD journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

My 'Framework for the Fair Pricing of Medicines' has just been published as a Leading Article by Pharmacoeconomics. This framework proposes a number of advancements to existing approaches for specifying a 'cost-effectiveness threshold' for new medicines. link.springer.com/article/10.100…