“While working Canadians are paying higher rates than their ultra-wealthy fellow citizens... the government is currently considering a so-called austerity budget that is almost certain to make these problems worse.” - @sabivm.bsky.social and Hon. Ratna Omidvar www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

In Canada, top 1% of wealth holders hold 24% of total wealth. Meanwhile, PM Carney has an ‘austerity budget’, which will impact the disadvantaged. Patriotic Millionaires Canada, which I am a board member of, estimated that a 3% tax on wealth over $100-million could raise $25-billion annually.

Nancy Mace went on Bill Maher to tell people to take ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen in pregnancy. This is extremely dangerous advice. I explain here what the risks are.

Best timing to get the flu shot?

Trump, Tylenol & Medical Misogyny Great interview with @sabivm.bsky.social who speaks the truth. 👏🙏 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

My issue is less with the money he made here, but more about how he was very much out of depth on this topic. Like, my dude, phone a friend. Call an OB/ MFM/anyone in clinical practice and talk to your peers and colleagues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

Not only is the science clear, but there is global consensus on this. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is safe to use as a first-line therapeutic option for fever and pain in pregnancy when medically indicated, at recommended doses, & used for the shortest duration required.

Was on Global National today talking about the misinfo coming from the US about Tylenol in pregnancy. I wish I could've included the clip where he stumbles repeatedly to pronounce acetaminophen, yet doesn't consider whether he or his ridiculous team are qualified to be making these statements.

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Wait, so after months of all this insanity over the COVID-19 vaccine access in the US, the CDC ACIP basically landed very close to where they already were before??? Looks like they will be recommended for *all* 6mo+ based on individual/shared decision making. NO prescription required.

Two pieces of COVID-19 vaccine related info for Ontario and Quebec.

I do feel that the Covid-19 vaccine is a victim of its own success, even if it only provides protection against severe illness. With many states and even provinces in Canada loosening language at best and cutting access at worst (*cough* Quebec) for annual doses will have an impact.

Florida turning into the ultimate ‘choose your adventure’ playground. Go left, you might find measles! But if you right, polio says hello! The possibilities are endless….and life-ending.

My biggest issue with Florida removing vaccine mandates for all vaccines in schools is that they have not instead chosen another tactic or intervention to replace these. Which means they have effectively decided that public health is not a mandate they consider worthy of undertaking.

I am ultimately not surprised that weasel Prasad went through such great lengths to scrub Howard (truth hurts I guess), but SHAME on YouTube for bending to this HHS administration. History won’t be kind to those who lost sight of what’s right.

FIRE RFKJr Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/demand-rfk... CC: @jessicamalaty.bsky.social

New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.

Dr Demetre Daskalakis’ resignation letter from his role as the Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC has stayed with me and kept me up last night. What a haunting letter.

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

I feel so much for Americans, with the US restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines (whatever happened to choice?!!). Many have asked about obtaining doses in Canada, but because we have a predominantly public pay system for the COVID-19 vaccines, it will be challenging.

We need a lot more Dr. Jessica Steiers to pull a body of evidence together like this @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social 👏 theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/how-a-gove... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Okay, Nuvaxovid Update for Canada. This is the final of the Canadian vaccine updates for this fall, and unfortunately this is not a good one (at least for this year). As far as I can see, no application was put through Health Canada for approval this year either.

White House statement certainly feels calibrated to deny this as clearly as possible without angering MAHA.

Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra is obsolete in the U.K. now, so is trying desperately to find a way to stay relevant in the US by leaking false info to tabloids. What an utter disgrace.

On Novavax, this is what I know so far. In 2021 we signed a deal to produce domestic vaccines. The deal to purchase Novavax doses was contingent on them being produced domestically, with a deadline of end of year 2024. That didn’t happen, so the deal was cancelled. I don’t know what happens next.

Thank goodness for @doritreiss.bsky.social - she is a national treasure. RFK Jr can continue to spin nonsense and utter falsities, but in fact, none of his threats have any merit. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

I want the record to show that PM Trudeau was instrumental in getting domestic manufacturing of vaccines in Canada. You know who shut down scientific research & drug manufacturing in Canada? Harper. When we talk about building Canada & being self-reliant, conservatives are all talk & no action.

I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩 Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!

In 2022 I had texted my close girl friends about this thread where hundreds had posted the most vile comments about me for saying the below. The Venn diagram of these people would perfectly overlap being racist & misogynistic in addition to completely wrong about science. I almost quit scicomm.

I was surprised when Malone voted in favour of the RSV antibody therapy, but his new opinion piece is truly unhinged. I have a feeling will result in a reversal of the approval & cause a lot of hesitancy amongst parents. It is a rambling, piece of garbage that is so far from a critical analysis.

I really don't know what people were expecting. So many thought RFK Jr would do a good job, even within medicine (incl people like Ashish Jha). And they're now surprised...why????

I have a feeling that all the medical associations will still continue to strongly recommend the COVID-19 vaccine (as they already have so far). Then we wait & see how each state adopts the recos, whether the risk factor list will continue to be as inclusive or if they will tighten it…

Health Canada has authorized the LP.8.1 variant adapted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 6 months and older. The updated COMIRNATY® vaccine targets the Omicron LP.8.1 variant, one of the most recently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. It will be made available this Fall across Canada.

Govt intervened way too early in the Air Canada strike, and it's caused chaos. If the strike had been allowed to play out for days, pressure increases on both employer and union to bargain. Instead, AC ran to govt to put their thumb on the scale, and now the natural balance is skewed

Unless pseudoscientific wellness grifters are not sued when their products cause active harm, they will not take accountability for their actions. I’m glad the mum in Florida is suing the company who sold her raw milk.

There is only a single purpose for these changes: to intentionally add barriers to access vaccines, in particular COVID-19 vaccine. Alberta friends, please tell everyone to pre-order the vaccines. Then call MPPs, health minister, public health officers & demand proper coverage of these vaccines.

The thing about conspiracy theorist science denialists is that even when you show them irrefutable proof, they won’t accept it.

You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)? Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

Let’s fucking name ‘em: Robert Kennedy Jr. Jay Bhattacharya Martin Kulldorff Marty Makary Robert Malone Tracy Beth Høeg Vinay Prasad Peter McCullough Mary Holland Paul Marik Pierre Kory Jeffrey Tucker Kevin Bardosh Retsef Levi And many others.

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha *deep breath* Bahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahshahahahahahahahahahaha

Pistachio related salmonella outbreak in Canada - 52 cases confirmed so far. Recalls have been issued for products from brands Habibi, Al Mokhtar Food Centre and Dubai.

HHS is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments, predominantly related to COVID-19, influenza & avian flu for reasons that are entirely invalid. Calling mRNA vaccine platform ineffective & unsafe is blatantly false. But you’d need to know a thing or two about science to understand this.

A preprint from Quebec following their universal coverage program for Beyfortus (RSV antibody) for infants found that it was *nearly 90% effective* in preventing RSV-related ER visits, hospitalizations and ICU admissions.

He doesn’t want to “reduce chronic illnesses,” he wants to reduce people with chronic illnesses

still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs

Recently Makary said untruthful things about antidepressants in pregnancy, focusing solely on risks of SSRIs & SNRIs (which aren't clear, & if they do exist, are very low), without taking into consideration benefits of these & risks of untreated illness. Here is a rebuttal, using evidence & empathy:

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I don’t know who needs to hear this (ok, maybe I do), but more billionaires means more poverty. It takes a new level of cognitive dissonance (and depravity?) to not see or understand this. Resources are finite. For wealth to accumulate on top, it needs to come from somewhere.

Lol. He grifted so hard, even the grifters wanted nothing to do with him. “Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told STAT.

few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history