Flooding due to heavy rainfall and snow melt has led to evacuations in the Comox Valley, BC.

Let's all take a moment to stop and drink a toast to the wonderfulness and luminosity of Catherine O'Hara. Here's to her.

Feeling pretty annoyed that going to the gym this afternoon rid me of my fretting and ennui. One trip to the gym. One. FFS, this means I have to keep going. 😡

Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

Ran into a paediatric colleague the other day and we were both stunned by how few cases of RSV that were admitted this winter season. This is a bug that used to fill wards with infants struggling to breathe, all thanks to the new RSV vaccine. Don't let charlatans take these miracles away from you.

Know what was particularly cool about the resus education I attended today? One of the instructors was my nursing student in 2014. 🙂❤️

Going to a training day at work tomorrow, so I can work in Resus (this is a new hospital for me). Just checked emails for the pre-work. The educator didn't have time to organize it, so "just show up at 8"!!! 😁

This year is the 20th anniversary of the initial approval of the HPV vaccine, and January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Sadly, 2026 is going to be a year of disinformation about the HPV vaccine.

The nurses are pissed

I'm seeing a lot of ads for smart scales. Are they at all accurate? Worth buying?

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "They are right, the twisted reasoning goes, because others think they are wrong."

We’ve lived in a golden age of medicine for so long that there are so many people who have never seen these diseases, don’t even think about them, don’t even know they exist any more. Or people think they’ve been eliminated, but they’re not. They’re just waiting. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Have to love Elder College. I've just registered for a 5 week online Art History course, a 4 week in-person drawing course, and a 1 evening lecture on how to be an executor. Total tuition cost? $121. Other costs - $21 for an annual membership. Prerequisites? Be 55 or older.

BC needs to follow this example:

It is SO sad to me that some loving parents think that they are protecting their children from harm by not vaccinating/ not fully vaccinating. If they had seen the effects of these diseases with their own eyes I think that most would feel very differently.

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

Guess 🪱🧠 was wrong again! Acetaminophen use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism, ADHD: Review abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/a...

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed. “Over the last seven to nine days, we’ve had upwards of over 200 new cases. That’s doubled just in the last week.” This is about to get a lot worse.

An oral, mucosal norovirus vaccine given to breastfeeding women can safely induce functional IgA and IgG responses in serum and breast milk. Phase 1 study but it will be super dope to protect infants from norovirus by vaccinating mum. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virginia announced its first pediatric flu death of the season. It won’t be the last. This is a very bad flu season and not enough people are being vaccinated. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

My wee boy is 29 today! As on this day every year, I am so grateful to BC Children's Hospital. Born at 33 wks, SCN x 2.5 wks, RSV at 6 wks - the RNs and MDs of 3G saved his life again. He's smart, kind, tall, strong, and healthy. ❤️🇨🇦❤️

Started Season 2 of CBC's "Small Achievable Goals". It is as hilarious! And, they shoot down pseudoscience supplement BS. 👍👍

I hope this changes the fact that Catholic hospitals, despite being fully-funded by the BC government, have been allowed to deny healthcare to patients. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Use of sunscreen reduces the risk of melanoma: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... It also suppresses precancerous growths: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... As well as slowing skin aging: www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

My dog can’t go to the dog park cause he’s <1 week overdue for his leptospirosis booster, and I wish we could apply the same degree of basic concern and common sense to things like kindergarteners and the rest of society. (I didn’t even realize it was due and I don’t want a dog with leptospirosis!)

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #pedsky #publichealth This study found that maternal influenza & Tdap vaccinations were associated with reduced influenza & pertussis-related hospitalization or ED visits in infants younger than 6 months.

Absolutely brilliant film clip from 1942, about fascism masquerading as US patriotism. (Posted on IG by amouthful_of_cherries) www.instagram.com/reel/DSyOFbf...

Apparently RFK Jr's "new" dietary guidelines suggest that young people drink *more* alcohol *more* often, as a social lubricant?!?!?!

Is that his "I'm a Sick Weirdo" confession, in full?

Reminiscing the other day, w #1, about when her brother (my 3rd) was born, at 33 wks gestation. He was in SCN x 2.5 wks. She was 4. Her recollection, "my 2nd live doll was born, but he was in a box and I couldn't play with him". 😉

For my Pediatrics and Family Medicine colleagues- As someone who did a stint as both ward attending and ID consult attending over Christmas, I was struck by the number of infants, children, and teens that I cared for with severe influenza and complicated pneumonias. Most not vaccinated vs Flu.

It’s just so amazing to spend your life trying to help people, only to watch a few incompetent men casually endanger the lives and health of so many more people than you could ever help

A dear family friend & force of nature died recently. The next-to-last sentence of his obituary show he knew how two timely, relevant things were connected: “In lieu of flowers, Jamie would want you to vote out the fascists and get yourself and your children vaccinated.”

Pretty cool www.bbc.com/news/article...

Working in ED today. Just had a young RN say to me, "it's so nice working w you. You have such an air of calm and confidence." (sniff) ❤️ (A couple of shizzy things have happened.)

Do it for your old pal Kaveh

Hi, your friendly neighborhood pharmacist here. If/when discussing his over-use of aspirin, please refer to the 81mg tablet as "low dose aspirin" and NOT "baby aspirin". Aspirin should not be given to babies or children and calling it "baby aspirin" can cause confusion.

Anyone have any really good ways to convince an elderly relative to start using a walker? My 89 yo stepmum, osteoporotic and anticoagulated, is really not safe with her cane (used on the wrong side 🙄) anymore. She is *not* going to be happy with me telling her I think she's at high risk of

"While children in California, which does not allow for nonmedical vaccine exemptions, are vaccinated against measles at 96 percent, there is not a single county in Idaho, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah or Wisconsin whose kindergarten rates meet herd immunity protection."

Heading to work for the night shift (but "only" 8 hours). Happy New Year, everyone!

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

The problem with this world is that intelligent people are full of doubts, while idiots are full of certainties. The former constantly wonder if they are right, the latter never ask themselves the question. And it is the latter who lead, who speak loudly, who impose their laws. Charles Bukowski

Looking at flights to NZ in late March. Seems there aren't direct flights Van to Auckland at that time of year. I am quite nervous about entering the US...How risky do you think a stopover in SFO is?

This is why Molly is not allowed to do tours.

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over it, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h... via @nytimes.com #MAiD

Harold Snepsts pin! Stocking stuffer from my son. 2 of my kids are hockey fans, while I only know 2 player names, from the 70s/80s Canucks. Harold Snepsts and Lanny MacDonald. 😁