Thanks @GermHunterMD good opportunity to remind healthcare workers to don eye protection, be diligent with hand hygiene always, and avoid touching their eyes.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Recommendations on the Use of COVID-19 Vaccine is now available online. canada.ca/en/public-heal…

For people wanting some of the “why” reasoning on extended intervals. I’m in favour. NACI rapid response: Extended dose intervals for COVID-19 vaccines to optimize early vaccine rollout and population protection in Canada - Canada.ca canada.ca/en/public-heal…

Additional Albertans are now eligible to book a COVID-19 immunization as part of phase 2B through AHS online & Health Link 811. This includes those with underlying health conditions born in or before 1973. bit.ly/31OxPur

If you’ve had your 1st dose of #COVID19Vaccine, look out for when you’ll be eligible to receive your 2nd dose. Even if you already have a booking, monitor local public health information, as booking dates may move up as supply increases. canada.ca/en/public-heal…

AHS will require all of our employees and contracted healthcare providers – including physicians and other frontline healthcare workers – to be fully immunized for COVID-19, by October 31, 2021. Read the news release here: albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page16165…

“Please get the shot,” says #YEG Physician Dr. Greg Gilmour. “We are currently being overwhelmed by a surge of admissions that are predominantly unvaccinated folks coming in with severe COVID-19.” #covidvaccine

So many in Alberta are reflecting upon what we have at this critical time and it is good to see so many appreciating that we are strong thanks to sincere, compassionate and exceptionally competent leadership Dr. Verna Yiu (she/her) This strong foundation helps all Albertans now. #ThankYiu

Crisis reveals what leaders are made of. #ThankYiu Dr. Verna Yiu (she/her)

"I wear orange in support of racial equity" - Dr. Dennis Kunimoto, vice-dean faculty affairs #OrangeShirtDay2021

AHS, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, the Alberta Medical Association and the medical faculties at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary are all on the same page. Obtain your vaccine with confidence and help a friend to do the same.

Thanksgiving weekend-a time for gratitude. The pandemic has been utterly devastating - so I am thankful for the science and hard work behind COVID vaccines. I like this recommendation, This is Our Shot 🇨🇦 #ThisIsOurShotCA- book yours, or if you have already, reach out and help someone who hasn’t.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus "Data from 119 countries suggest that on average, 2️⃣ in 5️⃣ health and care workers globally are fully vaccinated. But of course, that average masks huge differences across regions and economic groupings"-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus #VaccinEquity #SupportHealthCareWorkers x.com/WHO/status/136…

I don’t tweet much but I am moved to say that Dr. Yui has been the leader who championed Indigenous Health in AHS. Genuine grace in the hardest of times. I will miss you Verna Yui.

Well, we wrote a piece.... Heartfelt, and hope it does some small amount of good. Opinion: Pandemic of misinformation threatens hard-earned lessons of Alberta's health-care community calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… via Calgary Herald

Influenza A … “will continue to circulate for several weeks, with the possibility of more spread during the holiday period. A secondary wave due to influenza B also sometimes follows later in the season. If you have not yet been vaccinated against influenza, now is the time.”