Don Vinh
Infectious disease MD. Medical Microbiologist
Clinician-Scientist (Inborn Errors of Immunity)
Clinical section head: ID-Heme/Onc/Transplant
Inaugural Fellow of CIS
Fellow of IDSA
Member, Henry Kunkel Society
Science & sarcasm..not necessarily in that order
- 👇🏽NOT good news, given that RSV is on the rise here... Risk of Cardiorespiratory Events Following RSV-Related Hospitalization url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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- Reposted by Don Vinh"A world-first gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers." www.positive.news/society/revo...
- Reposted by Don VinhBluesky friends. The only favor I ask. When you see a post about a shelter animal needing help. Please please REPOST. I've always said it before. Reposting definitely helps! It gets them seen. You helped MELIA. Now let's help others!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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- When your life is in danger, hit first. Stop the threat.
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- Ugh. We’re going from -25C, to 20 cm of snow
- Can we GODDAM STOP USING MICROSOFT OUTLOOK for emails?????? It's only cyber-secure because no self-respecting hacker attacks a crippled, pos💩 software
- “Trump administration officials acknowledge that they haven’t finished working out some issues, such as lost access to data from other countries that could give America an early warning of a new pandemic” apnews.com/article/worl...
- -40!!! 🥶
- Think of PM Carney’s speech today at Davos. Now, imagine Poilievre in his place. He would have made Trump look brilliant, and Canada look spineless. That’s why Canada is NeverPP
- Reposted by Don VinhCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu." Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
- 🔥🇨🇦🔥 youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10
- Reposted by Don VinhICE agents are stalking the streets of Minneapolis demanding that random brown people provide proof of citizenship. We good with that, America? I thought we learned this lesson back in World War II, but I guess not.
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- Reposted by Don VinhBREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
- Is there really a “superflu” spreading across the U.S.? – CTVNews 💉 are less like SHIELDS (preventing every infection), and more like SEATBELTS (decreasing the severity of the damage) www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/vid...
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- Bye bye 2026… meh
- Première étape : Ne fait pas de activités sur la glace ? 🤷🏻
- Recall on Pizza Pops due to E. coli www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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- Est-il important de savoir si on a une grippe, la COVID-19 ou un simple rhume ? Et quoi faire? Avec Matthieu Perreault @lapresse.ca www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
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- An update on the flu in Quebec: Spoiler alert 👉🏼 it’s bad, and going to get worse quickly. 📈 Get 💉. It’s not too late! With @renebruemmer.bsky.social @mtlgazette.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
- Une mise à jour, et des conseils de bon sens, sur l'épidémie de grippe actuelle. Avec @writingmarieke.bsky.social @ledevoir.com www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...
- Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 prior to and during pregnancy, before COVID-19 diagnosis, was associated with a lower risk of severe maternal disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Reposted by Don VinhThe hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two. He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery. He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
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- Reposted by Don VinhAustralian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
- Reposted by Don VinhAhmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers. Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
- 36 years ago, these women were murdered at l’école Polytechnique in Montreal, because a crazed madman could not accept that these women were studying to become engineers. #NeverAgain
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- The Golden era in Microbiology has now met its match: The Brazen era of Antibiology 🙄 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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- Has anyone ever been able to click on a Microsoft Teams link once and join the meeting? Without the browser vs. App question? Without trying to open the camera, only to have to go to settings, but then have to quit & relaunch? Same with audio? Without having to update the app? Just click and join?
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- A great initiative! For every tuque purchased, these guys will donate a tuque to help a homeless person. So 🇨🇦 (although it’s tuque, not toque)
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- There’s a joke in here somewhere. But, I have too much testosterone, and not enough estrogen, to think of it.
- UKHSA data: Early findings show the 2025/26 flu 💉 is performing strongly in 🇬🇧 despite the 📈 of a A(H3N2) subclade K. Effectiveness against hospitalization: 70–75% in children 30–40% in adults Good news! 💉 are still working where it counts: 📉 severe illness and hospitalisation.
