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Dr. Giorgia Tropini

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Family Medicine & Concussion Medicine. Clinical Instructor at UBC. Medicine, Medical Education, Science over politics. #Medsky Interested in the overlap between #Concussion and #LongCOVID, #PostViralSyndromes

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Victoria woman seeks living liver donor after incurable disease diagnosis - Victoria News Primary sclerosing cholangitis affects 1 in 10,000 Canadians and can lead to liver failure and death

Please share - a woman in Victoria BC is seeking a living liver donor. I donated a kidney two years ago - being part of the organ donation process is pretty neat and the folks at BC Transplant are amazing. Please give this article a read to learn more. #yyj

vicnews.com/2026/01/07/v...

09.01.2026 06:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 651 ๐Ÿ” 494 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Itโ€™s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

05.09.2025 11:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2022 ๐Ÿ” 472 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61 ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

You know what would encourage people to get more physical activity? No, it is not wearable fitness trackers. It is:

1. A liveable wage so people have time for it

2. Safe parks and other infrastructure for such activity

But thatโ€™s too hard.

25.06.2025 01:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 4643 ๐Ÿ” 894 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151 ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Opinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk A policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smithโ€™s hands.

My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.

Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

16.06.2025 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 506 ๐Ÿ” 281 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

Is this by any chance recorded? Would love to attend but will be in clinic. Thanks!

03.06.2025 03:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canadian physician here, very well said. Their table misrepresents NACIโ€™s recommendations. The policy paper also doesnโ€™t address the fact that COVID vaccination reduces the risk of Long COVID

21.05.2025 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.

It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.

The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

21.05.2025 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 6224 ๐Ÿ” 1681 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 220 ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

20.05.2025 19:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 6837 ๐Ÿ” 6502 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 543 ๐Ÿ“Œ 585
Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โ€™s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.โ€™s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.

The COVID vaccines have been taken by billions of people, saved millions of lives, and are some of the most rigorously tested medical products in history.

Someone who has zero experience in vaccine development should not be influencing the approval process. This will kill people.

01.05.2025 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2843 ๐Ÿ” 859 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86 ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, Iโ€™d like to remind you that your body NEEDS IRON to make serotonin and dopamine and ~40% of 12-21 yo females are deficient and most donโ€™t even know it.

tinyurl.com/JAMAFe

01.05.2025 14:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 121 ๐Ÿ” 42 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Letโ€™s hope others follow suit.

15.04.2025 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 89672 ๐Ÿ” 18252 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1596 ๐Ÿ“Œ 747
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What makes a good public health leader? Canada is searching for a new Chief Public Health Officer. Leadership matters, especially in a crisis.

What makes a good public health leader? Leadership matters, especially in a crisis. #COVID19 made that painfully clear, by Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty, David Fisman canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w... via @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social @dfisman.bsky.social

13.04.2025 22:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 125 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Hope you feel better soon! Thanks for your continued work and advocacy ๐Ÿ™ new pup is adorable! Take care.

12.04.2025 03:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Terrible..especially given insulin is a ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ discovery

www.diabetes.org.uk/our-research...

09.04.2025 05:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
signage in front of the CDC headquarters

signage in front of the CDC headquarters

CMAJ urges more Canadian health research amid cuts to U.S. health agencies www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/cmaj-... @nicireland.bsky.social

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter ๐Ÿ

31.03.2025 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Without an independent COVID inquiry, we are doomed to โ€˜rinse and repeatโ€™ past errors - Healthy Debate

Without an independent COVID inquiry, we are doomed to โ€˜rinse and repeatโ€™ past errors

Unfortunately, it seems that for our political leaders and many amongst us, the preferred coping strategy is to forget COVID-19 as quickly as possible and move on

healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...

29.03.2025 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited โ€˜misinformation and liesโ€™ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.

A huge loss at FDA.
Peter Marks originated rhe Operation Warp Speed Covid vaccine idea and has overseen so many essential biotech programs such as genome editing cures www.wsj.com/politics/top...

29.03.2025 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1315 ๐Ÿ” 362 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Funding cuts mean essential and lifesaving healthcare services and vaccinations, among other critical health issues, have shut down, leaving thousands without treatment worldwide.

This isnโ€™t just a policy change - itโ€™s a death sentence.

www.msf.org.za/news-and-res...

21.03.2025 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 403 ๐Ÿ” 193 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social

12.03.2025 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 903 ๐Ÿ” 211 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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@chrislockyear.msf.org speaking at #UnitedNations: While statements are made in this chamber, civilians remain unseen, unprotected, bombed, besieged, raped, displaced, deprived of food, of medical care, of dignity.

13.03.2025 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 3890 ๐Ÿ” 1156 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47 ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

If only there was a way to decrease airborne transmission in healthcare settingsโ€ฆ ๐Ÿค” /s

13.03.2025 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Measles cases surge in Ontario, with nearly 200 cases in past two weeks More cases of the highly contagious virus have been reported in the province since Feb. 27 than in the entire decade between 2013 and 2013

#Measles cases surge in Ontario, with nearly 200 cases in past two weeks, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination

13.03.2025 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 127 ๐Ÿ” 71 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we arenโ€™t using it.

An important read by
@tryangregory.bsky.social, Dr. Chakravarti and Dr. Filiatrault

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

13.03.2025 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ย How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.

Failure accept the airborne spread of COVID doomed our public health, social and economic responses, ensuring they would not be fully effective, appropriately targeted and minimally disruptive, ultimately leading to many divisions in society we see today.

healthydebate.ca/202...

11.03.2025 11:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 83 ๐Ÿ” 40 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Last time I checked there are exactly zero measles vaccine-related hospitalizations or deaths in 2025, but there are 223 of measles cases, 29 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths in Texas alone

www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

12.03.2025 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1675 ๐Ÿ” 466 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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๐Ÿ’ซTomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay!

๐Ÿค”Did you know that #TBI affects women differently (see image below)? Women have a greater vulnerability to the effects of TBI & may struggle to get the care and support they need, as their symptoms are more likely to be downplayed or ignored.

07.03.2025 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
FULL SPEECH | Trudeau outlines response to U.S. tariffs
FULL SPEECH | Trudeau outlines response to U.S. tariffs YouTube video by CBC News

Must watch war speech by Justin Trudeau.

Few outside of Canada understand our combination of civility, empathy and steel in our spine - this speech explains all that.

Not a foul word spoken. Not one inch of retreat.

Long Live Canada
Vive Le Canada

#ElbowsUp

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f4...

04.03.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1579 ๐Ÿ” 448 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37