Christine McNab
@christinemcnab.bsky.social
Global health, pandemic preparedness, justice, human rights, Canadian, writer, photographer. Kindness is a virtue. Might is not right.
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If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
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This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.
April 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.
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It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
April 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
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Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️
April 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Exercise your right to vote today, Canadians! Own your democracy! 🇨🇦🗳️
Canada, we have every reason to stay #CanadaStrong.
Get out and vote today.
Vote strategically. Vote pragmatically. Vote with your #elbowsup.
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#Never51. And we must simply move on from the relationship with the US. It's over.
Get out and vote today.
Vote strategically. Vote pragmatically. Vote with your #elbowsup.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#Never51. And we must simply move on from the relationship with the US. It's over.
Even on Canada’s Election Day, Trump Again Insists Country Should Join U.S. (Gift Article)
The American president repeated his “51st state” talk on social media as voting began.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Canada, we have every reason to stay #CanadaStrong.
Get out and vote today.
Vote strategically. Vote pragmatically. Vote with your #elbowsup.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#Never51. And we must simply move on from the relationship with the US. It's over.
Get out and vote today.
Vote strategically. Vote pragmatically. Vote with your #elbowsup.
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
#Never51. And we must simply move on from the relationship with the US. It's over.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs less to house people.
It costs less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
April 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs less to house people.
It costs less to house people.
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Ontario #measles outbreak continues unabated, prompting New York state to issue travel advisory. There have been 816 cases in the province since October, including 155 last week, by @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination
Ontario measles outbreak continues unabated, prompting New York state to issue travel advisory
The past week saw 155 new cases reported in the province
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Ontario #measles outbreak continues unabated, prompting New York state to issue travel advisory. There have been 816 cases in the province since October, including 155 last week, by @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination
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Now 816 #measles cases in Ontario from outbreak, up 155 in week.
"The sharp increase in the number of outbreak cases and the geographic spread in recent weeks is
due to continued exposures and transmission among individuals who have not been immunized."
www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
"The sharp increase in the number of outbreak cases and the geographic spread in recent weeks is
due to continued exposures and transmission among individuals who have not been immunized."
www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
www.publichealthontario.ca
April 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Now 816 #measles cases in Ontario from outbreak, up 155 in week.
"The sharp increase in the number of outbreak cases and the geographic spread in recent weeks is
due to continued exposures and transmission among individuals who have not been immunized."
www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
"The sharp increase in the number of outbreak cases and the geographic spread in recent weeks is
due to continued exposures and transmission among individuals who have not been immunized."
www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
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Tragic, but also notable that this 4th death in North America is someone who is either a child or a person over the age of 65.
That does not describe the vast majority of confirmed cases, who are adults under the age of 50.
We really don't want to find out what H5N1 would do at population scale.
That does not describe the vast majority of confirmed cases, who are adults under the age of 50.
We really don't want to find out what H5N1 would do at population scale.
3-year-old girl dies from H5N1 bird flu in Mexico’s first human case bnonews.com/index.php/20...
3-year-old girl dies from H5N1 bird flu in Mexico’s first human case
A three-year-old girl who became Mexico’s first confirmed human case of H5N1 avian influenza has died, the country’s Health Ministry announced. It marks Mexico’s first fatality linked to the bird flu ...
bnonews.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Tragic, but also notable that this 4th death in North America is someone who is either a child or a person over the age of 65.
That does not describe the vast majority of confirmed cases, who are adults under the age of 50.
We really don't want to find out what H5N1 would do at population scale.
That does not describe the vast majority of confirmed cases, who are adults under the age of 50.
We really don't want to find out what H5N1 would do at population scale.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Peter is a great scientist and an even better person. Wonderful to see him here
My first post on BlueSky, I could not access the same handle as my X (someone hacked into that one):
So it's @peterhotez for X and @peterhotezmdphd for BlueSky
I'm a pediatric-vaccine scientist based in Houston TX at our Texas Medical Center
So it's @peterhotez for X and @peterhotezmdphd for BlueSky
I'm a pediatric-vaccine scientist based in Houston TX at our Texas Medical Center
April 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Peter is a great scientist and an even better person. Wonderful to see him here
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Of course Poilievre is standing by a candidate who made despicable comments about Indigenous people.
When people show you who they really are, believe them.
When people show you who they really are, believe them.
April 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Of course Poilievre is standing by a candidate who made despicable comments about Indigenous people.
When people show you who they really are, believe them.
When people show you who they really are, believe them.
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The slow death of newspapers has led to a plunge in media diversity and local storytelling.
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership. Sadly, the opposite has happened.
New research:
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership. Sadly, the opposite has happened.
New research:
Newspapers are dying. News diversity died years ago.
New research by The Australia Institute has found the slow death of newspapers in Australia has led to a plunge in media diversity and local storytelling.
australiainstitute.org.au
April 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The slow death of newspapers has led to a plunge in media diversity and local storytelling.
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership. Sadly, the opposite has happened.
New research:
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership. Sadly, the opposite has happened.
New research:
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www.science.org/content/arti...
This can only be good news for pandemic-threat spillover viruses out there. What’s next after SARS, MERS, COVID-19..?
This can only be good news for pandemic-threat spillover viruses out there. What’s next after SARS, MERS, COVID-19..?
Saying ‘pandemic is over,’ NIH starts cutting COVID-19 research
Grant terminations halt research on improving vaccinations and preventing future pandemics
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
www.science.org/content/arti...
This can only be good news for pandemic-threat spillover viruses out there. What’s next after SARS, MERS, COVID-19..?
This can only be good news for pandemic-threat spillover viruses out there. What’s next after SARS, MERS, COVID-19..?
Pierre Poilievre does have a woman problem - including a drop in the # of women candidates running for the Conservative party.
About 75 of 332 - 22.5%, down from about 1/3rd in 2021.
@robynurback.bsky.social, women don't want to run with them, or vote for them.
Made their own bed.
About 75 of 332 - 22.5%, down from about 1/3rd in 2021.
@robynurback.bsky.social, women don't want to run with them, or vote for them.
Made their own bed.
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Pierre Poilievre does have a woman problem - including a drop in the # of women candidates running for the Conservative party.
About 75 of 332 - 22.5%, down from about 1/3rd in 2021.
@robynurback.bsky.social, women don't want to run with them, or vote for them.
Made their own bed.
About 75 of 332 - 22.5%, down from about 1/3rd in 2021.
@robynurback.bsky.social, women don't want to run with them, or vote for them.
Made their own bed.
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What success? None of the HART Hubs have funding agreements. They didn't "open" — just a handful of services have been brought online, and none of these services are new. All that's happened is that supervised consumption sites have been shut down. www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
HART hub services missing as government touts 'successful transition'
Toronto still waiting for provincial money: board of health chair
www.torontotoday.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What success? None of the HART Hubs have funding agreements. They didn't "open" — just a handful of services have been brought online, and none of these services are new. All that's happened is that supervised consumption sites have been shut down. www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
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If there are cuts to our funding, “the world's ability to protect itself against outbreaks and health emergencies will be compromised”. Dr @sanianishtar.bsky.social explains why: bit.ly/4caxXHO Via @afpnews.bsky.social
Slashed US funding threatens millions of children: charity chief
A halt to US funding for Gavi, an organisation that vaccinates children in the world's poorest countries, will leave a dangerous gap threatening the lives of millions, its chief warned on Monday.
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If there are cuts to our funding, “the world's ability to protect itself against outbreaks and health emergencies will be compromised”. Dr @sanianishtar.bsky.social explains why: bit.ly/4caxXHO Via @afpnews.bsky.social
The Canadian Conservatives now have almost a full field of candidates. Only just over 20% are women. That's down from 31% in the last election, which was still low.
They've had a long time to plan.. and that's the best they could do.
They've had a long time to plan.. and that's the best they could do.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The Canadian Conservatives now have almost a full field of candidates. Only just over 20% are women. That's down from 31% in the last election, which was still low.
They've had a long time to plan.. and that's the best they could do.
They've had a long time to plan.. and that's the best they could do.
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When NYU cancelled @drejoanneliu.bsky.social, former head of MSF International, it caved in just as Columbia did: www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When NYU cancelled @drejoanneliu.bsky.social, former head of MSF International, it caved in just as Columbia did: www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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#Myanmar #earthquake is a major human tragedy & has struck in the worst of times. Civil war there is ongoing & the military junta is on the back foot. Humanitarian aid is desperately needed; & it must reach affected areas regardless of who controls them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Myanmar earthquake: death toll rises to more than 1,000 as search for survivors continues
True scale of disaster yet to emerge and toll expected to rise significantly, with city of Mandalay believed to be especially hard hit
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#Myanmar #earthquake is a major human tragedy & has struck in the worst of times. Civil war there is ongoing & the military junta is on the back foot. Humanitarian aid is desperately needed; & it must reach affected areas regardless of who controls them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Ontario’s #measles outbreak is as large as the one in Texas yet very little said about it. 572 cases , most since February. 42 hospitalized. Two in ICU. Vast majority unvaccinated including unknown vx status.
This is not good.
Measles is amongst most transmissible and most preventable.
This is not good.
Measles is amongst most transmissible and most preventable.
March 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Ontario’s #measles outbreak is as large as the one in Texas yet very little said about it. 572 cases , most since February. 42 hospitalized. Two in ICU. Vast majority unvaccinated including unknown vx status.
This is not good.
Measles is amongst most transmissible and most preventable.
This is not good.
Measles is amongst most transmissible and most preventable.
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Current chaos and challenge needs.... greater global cooperation.
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
Canada should seize the opportunity to lead on global health challenges and cooperation
Greater cooperation in global health is needed to tackle challenges and to harness new opportunities. Canada should take a greater leadership role, write Jocalyn Clark , Timothy Evans , and Kelley Lee...
www.bmj.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Current chaos and challenge needs.... greater global cooperation.
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection
In the area of multilateral & #globalhealth, we argue that Canada should take a greater leadership role.
Me, Tim Evans & Kelley Lee in today's @bmj.com
#cdnpoli #CanadaElection