Best quote of acknowledgment this week: “You were rewarded with staff loses, and unfilled leadership positions after slogging relentlessly for 2years in the microbiology COVID labs?” Yup, that’s the state of the diagnostic labs in ON. MLPAO Kudos to our lab teams. HEROS

I really hope that someone smarter than me is starting to plan for studies to determine if asymptomatic COVID transmission is as high now in an highly and repeatedly exposed and vaccinated population versus at the beginning when no one had been exposed yet. #IDtwitter

whilst I'm all for empowering folks to take charge of their health...this one smells a little or maybe even a lot. Roche teams up with Pfizer on COVID-19 awareness campaign reuters.com/business/healt…

10 yo: mom, what’s the meaning of life? I mean, what’s all this for? Me: to love and be loved Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you all a warm festive season for the celebration you choose to observe.

My Prediction: We’re due for another global health emergency - Macleans.ca macleans.ca/year-ahead/hea… Sage advice from a trusted colleague…

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from combined nasal/rectal swabs bit.ly/3X2w3AL it's possible to detect the virus from nasal/rectal screening swabs for MRSA, but not good enough as the sole specimen for COVID-19 dx on admission to hospital

To the phenomenal lab professionals in Ontario and beyond. Thank you for supporting critical decisions for all of our health care, day in and day out. Here’s to celebrating you!

Very helpful updates to EUCAST breakpoints. #ECCMID2023

Fosfomycin best for Ecoli. Need more data for combination therapy for other pathogens.#ECCMID2023

Come check out our evaluation of 5 different PCR assays to detect MPOX virus #ECCMID2023 ⁦Prameet Sheth⁩ ⁦Ramzi⁩

Fascinating study of a supernatant of a selected cocktail of bacteria prevents C diff in a mouse model. ⁦Prameet Sheth⁩ #ECCMID2023

Very honoured to work with such an amazing group of experts.

Truly privileged and honoured to have started my journey in science and medicine with these amazingly generous folks. They guided me and showed unwavering patience and support. Congratulations DrBJWard on your first retirement! ⁦Frederic Bertley⁩

Canadian Foundation for infectious diseases hosting 10th annual Bug Run!! Register or donate: raceroster.com/events/2024/80… Learn more at: researchid.com

What an honour! Thank you ⁦Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases and AMMI Canada⁩! An additional honour because it’s named after my previous program director and mentor Thanks to all who nominated me, and who I’ve been fortunate enough to help guide over the years

Check out this study survey about antibiotic use! The study from Larissa Matukas examines prescribing practices. Check it out and complete it! uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6f…? #medtwitter

Attention clinicians - take this quick 15-20 minute vignette survey about antibiotic selection based on microbiology lab reports. Please share widely! #IDX #TwitteRx #medtwitter