I am starting a free daily Zoom call to offer mutual peer support to colleagues as we deal with COVID19, at 4 pm EST. No commitment, drop in as often as you want for as long as you want. This is peer support, not psychiatric care. Email me or DM me for the link and password.

Only in America can a doctor turn away a 17-year-old boy in severe distress, without providing any stabilizing care whatsoever, ask the boy to fuck off to the emergency room somewhere else where he gets a heart attack on the way and dies—all because he has no health insurance.

Was just trying to mind my own business and do my weekly groceries run for this week’s work lunches... When suddenly I hear “You f**cking Chinese” yelled at me and Farm Boy staff and patrons just pretending nothing happened 👌🏼 #socialdistancinggonewrong

If you want more proof we waste medical school years teaching low value topics (krebs cycle) while failing to teach high value topics (evidence appraisal) then just note how many docs self prescribed hydroxychlorquine and horded it.

Those tips and tricks would work for anyone working from home 😇😇😇 additudemag.com/working-from-h…

Is loneliness the next epidemic? The Economist already wrote a few years back about how our generation might already going through increased isolation prior to #socialdistancing economist.com/international/…

How much #PPE do you have left, and how many days can it last? Didn't think that we'd need a CDC tool like this ever... cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… #COVID19

Unsung heroes of the current uncertain times: thelily.com/were-stuck-in-… #COVID19

Pretty neat to see Dr. Austin Zygmunt give a webinar on #COVID19 this week! New pandemic calls for new #publichealth leaders 🥳 uottawacpd.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebs… v School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Lack of protection for personal support workers emblematic of their treatment by the system, by ⁦Andrew Pinto⁩ ,Pinky Hapsari and Debra Slater via ⁦Toronto Star⁩ thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Reading Danielle Groen's excellent piece on how this lockdown could end while working from home: thewalrus.ca/how-to-lift-a-… v The Walrus #COVID19

We know you're exhausted but if you're a medical student, resident or physician interested in mental health & work, please take 15 min to do our survey bit.ly/3nk2gBf or interview: [email protected] Our partners are Canadian Medical Association Resident Doctors & Canadian Medical Students & we want change

In Doug Ford’s pandemic Ontario, words like “lockdown” and “emergency brake” have become meaningless, by André Picard theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via Globe Opinion #COVID19 #onpoli #RiskCommunication

Been enjoying insightful reads on The Local Magazine since the start of the #pandemic last year, and their firm stance about how pandemic management only exacerbated underlying inequalities thelocal.to/the-vaccine-ro…

Because this is what real medical professionals do: I'm grateful for public health physicians like Dr. Loh, who remember that we're not politicians. Our decisions are not made to please, but to protect our communities. #ISupportDrLawrenceLoh

Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada: Alternative to the Outdated MCCQEII Exam - Sign the Petition! chng.it/mLJXKpPx via Change.org Canada

Thanks Shane Neilson for this breath of fresh air: diversity is welcomed in #medicine, but #neurodiversity in physicians remains a stigma. cfp.ca/content/67/8/5… via Canadian Family Physician #meded