Allergists have been successfully vaccinating those with prior reactions to vaccines or their components long before this pandemic and will continue to do so after it.

Sick T-shirt.

1/ Grassroots Canadian Impact Been feeling a bit demoralized lately (as my tweets likely indicate). This beacon of light is rejuvenating. Here's a summary of our massively successful @ThisisOursShotCA campaign that has helped us be #TogetherAgain Thank you. #COVID19 #cdnpoli

2/ Townhalls We hosted 8 This is Our Shot 🇨🇦 #ThisIsOurShotCA Townhalls with 7 influential hosts & 30 leading national medical experts along with many partner townhalls. Total of 4.2 Million impressions with 3.1 Million views on Meta answering common questions & doing some quality myth busting.

3/ Power of the People We were supported by the amazing Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser as one of our leading ambassadors and true Canadian Icon Ryan Reynolds to help launch & support the campaign. Along w/ other amazing Canadians such as Sarah McLachlan Michael Bublé Chris Hadfield & more

4/ Reducing Barriers Part of our mission was always to reduce barriers, meet people where they were at & we were able to support 130+ pop-up Vaccination Clinics nationally. Specifically targeting lower income, refugee, ethnic, Indigenous and urban youth based communities.

5/ T-Shirts We started this as a T-shirt campaign & witnessed it blossom into so much more. We sold >65,000 shirts (in over 30 languages) & donated $111,000 to Kids Help Phone yesterday to help support mental health. Big shoutout to Anu C for your awesome contribution!

6/ Social Media Some metrics for both This is Our Shot 🇨🇦 #ThisIsOurShotCA & the Rewards for Change campaign are below. Impressions: Facebook: 122 Million YouTube: 31 Million Twitter: 8 Million TikTok Canada: 1.1 Million Total reach close to 30 Million. 🤯🤯🤯

7/ Social & Earned TV/Print Media 463 traditional media stories >291 Million earned media impressions 1,686 earned social media stories >15 Million earned social media impressions All networks mainstream, ethnic, radio, TV. We were there & consistently driven by facts.

8/ Overall Impact ~30% of Canadians became more willing to take vaccines over the last 6 months. 2.3 Canadians influenced by the campaign 1/3 ranked vaccine confidence messaging/incentives as #1 reason they changed their minds. 90% of that change from This is Our Shot 🇨🇦 #ThisIsOurShotCA

9/ We Saved Lives Look at the amount of morbidity & mortality in under-vaccinated populations globally. Our campaign was transformative & saved many Canadian lives. An ambitious collaboration between grassroots medical activists, influencers, community leaders + corporations.

10/ Thankful All of us were brought together by our dedication to service, humanity & compassion. Countless hours on Zoom, the phone, Whatsapp, discussing & understanding data. All in between our clinical/personal responsibilities. It took a village & we're forever grateful.

COVID from the front lines: Long 🧵…I have worked the last 8 days in a row in 2 Different EDs. I want to share what I have seen at the front lines. I am admitting more covid patients daily. It’s different this time around. Patient presentation is changing...

We get asked about this a lot… this is the most concise explanation I’ve seen on why its critical to vaccinate despite more vaccinated vs. unvaccinated people in hospital.

1/ #COVID19 - Ethnicity & Mortality (UK) Why do we fight for dis-aggregated data by ethnicity? Summary: Up to 5x mortality in Bangladeshi Men & Up to 3x compared to White Men in UK Even after adjusting for age, socioeconomic conditions & more, inc risk ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

20 years in the making… chronic underfunding and ignoring the cries of the front line… don’t act surprised; pandemic was just the last straw.

Guns are a public health issue. Come at me bro.

As of today, Ontario’s adult ICUs are to accept children aged 14+ to help create capacity in pediatric ICUs.

The privatization of nursing care in Ontario is costing taxpayers millions of dollars (fees paid to agencies exceed union rate + pension/benefits) Premier Ford should be protecting hospitals from predatory pricing by for-profit agencies.

It’s like public hospitals are in a race to being broke…