Dr.Lynora Saxinger
🇨🇦 Infectious Diseases doctor and professor at the University of Alberta- incurably curious, explain≠endorse, representing my own opinions.
- TL;DR: Alberta would need 11 hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary to be resourced to the Canadian average. 1/6 🏥 Why is Alberta’s healthcare system under such strain? It’s not "management"—it’s a numbers problem 40 years in the making. Let’s look at the data. 🧵 #AbLeg #CdnHealth
- This should be interesting! An example of outside-the-box community outreach: I've never been in a panel that chatted through and debated vaccine controversies over a beer before! This Friday - still some tickets available.
- Edmontonians, visitors, U of A peeps- drop by Univ of AB Hospital Snell Hall for the Department of Medicine Community Health Fair anytime from 10:30 till 2:30 (the last session starts at 2) - with lunch provided as long as it lasts- you’ll be fed, entertained and educated!
- Personal reflection: when it feels like there’s a LOT of concerning things going on, it was therapeutic to join a vast crowd of Albertans at the Legislature (so many kids!) to support our teachers and public education. 1/4
- Honestly if in years past you told me that in 2025 we’d be getting measles exposures notifications on the regular I’d not have believed you. U of A notification.
- 1. In case you are in Alberta and missed the details, COVID fall vaccination eligibility in Alberta is restricted vs other provinces. One key difference is not covering based on age >65. Congregate care, medical and immunologic eligibility criteria. Medical: 1/6
- I imagine many know this already but holy heck, what a massive Microsoft SharePoint security breach - with no patch yet. Just in case- an FYI. Check w/ your IT folk if it affects you.
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- Reposted by Dr.Lynora SaxingerPLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
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- Yeah, raw milk remains bad for you. Clear risk and no proven benefit. (Imaging licking a cows udder- and all of the manure win the environment. Those are the bacteria you are getting exposed to.) doh.wa.gov/you-and-y....
- Whoa now. Alberta COVID vaccine planning news release (shorturl.at/U15nE) has some major shockers. First- it IS $$$ and it IS newly provincial dollars (like all other vaccines). NACI provided guidance (shorturl.at/r0fWf) in Jan as provinces bought supply ~March.
- Reposted by Dr.Lynora SaxingerI wouldn’t want to be Meta this morning. They’ve made more than just the news business in the country furious. Incredible reporting from @alexposadzki.bsky.social & Kathryn Blaze Baum www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
- Dangerous habits- HCW edition! In healthcare, instant messaging in electronic medical records is not considered timely/adequate communication. It’s like texting and hoping someone sees it versus phoning and having them pick up. if it’s urgent, or if you haven’t heard back, call!
- Shoutout to the Canadian Medical Association for this injection of common sense. Health professionals should strive to provide the best current evidence-based care possible without having to break a law. For any diagnosis. Full Stop. rb.gy/y75bef
- Going great… Basically, southern Alberta = measles exposure risk. Are they still trying to contact trace? Info here: www.albertahealthser... Make sure you/ yours are up to date on vaccines: 10-20% of cases hospitalized usually. At best It’s nasty.
- Measles: forgetting history and being doomed to repeat it? Measles is a highly contagious, whole-body viral infection. Before immunization (1970s) it killed at least 2.6 million/yr, and left many kids with lifelong disabilities (deafness, developmental delay)
- MEASLES -Oh, Canada. Quebec outbreak over Alberta: 29 new cases announced today (total 118) - 17 cases in adults >18, about 10% hospitalized. Ontario alone has had 925 cases as of April 16. Wowza. COMPARE: the worse full year since 1998 was 2011 with 752 cases.
- ourworldindata.org/g... Healthcare discussions can get pretty theoretical - and increasingly political. But data is just information - that can point to possibly fixable problems. Access to care and factors affecting maternal care worth looking at.
