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André Picard 
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail. Author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE".
Find me on Mastodon: @picardonhealth@med-mastodon.com
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| Tweet | 22,011 | 52.4% |
| Retweet | 13,001 | 31.0% |
| Quote | 4,981 | 11.9% |
| Reply | 4,820 | 11.5% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| URL | 29,103 | 69.3% |
| Photo | 3,264 | 7.8% |
| Video | 119 | 0.3% |
| GIF | 65 | 0.2% |
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3,788 | 41.8% |
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| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #covid19 | 17,728 | 42.2% |
| #vaccination | 4,494 | 10.7% |
| #cdnhealth | 3,964 | 9.4% |
| #cdnpoli | 2,837 | 6.8% |
| #coronavirus | 2,533 | 6.0% |
| #globalhealth | 2,179 | 5.2% |
| #onpoli | 1,562 | 3.7% |
| #journalism | 1,452 | 3.5% |
| #qcpoli | 1,062 | 2.5% |
| #mentalhealth | 1,058 | 2.5% |
| #ltc | 1,041 | 2.5% |
| #sdoh | 996 | 2.4% |
| #indigenous | 622 | 1.5% |
| #pandemicjournalism | 531 | 1.3% |
| #eldercare | 531 | 1.3% |
| #abpoli | 523 | 1.2% |
| #pediatrics | 520 | 1.2% |
| #infodemic | 509 | 1.2% |
| #omicron | 495 | 1.2% |
| #harmreduction | 418 | 1.0% |
| #opioids | 404 | 1.0% |
| #bcpoli | 379 | 0.9% |
| #bioethics | 328 | 0.8% |
| #scicomm | 319 | 0.8% |
| #nursing | 316 | 0.8% |
| #backtoschool | 307 | 0.7% |
| #antivax | 294 | 0.7% |
| #longcovid | 292 | 0.7% |
| #climatechange | 275 | 0.7% |
| #disability | 262 | 0.6% |
| #racism | 261 | 0.6% |
| #reconciliation | 252 | 0.6% |
| #maid | 245 | 0.6% |
| #cdnmedia | 236 | 0.6% |
| #cancer | 234 | 0.6% |
| #inclusion | 226 | 0.5% |
| #reprorights | 224 | 0.5% |
| #guncontrol | 202 | 0.5% |
| #abortion | 202 | 0.5% |
| #suicide | 200 | 0.5% |
| #monkeypox | 193 | 0.5% |
| #aging | 191 | 0.5% |
| #some | 189 | 0.4% |
| #homelessness | 181 | 0.4% |
| #influenza | 180 | 0.4% |
| #riskcommunication | 173 | 0.4% |
| #childcare | 168 | 0.4% |
| #masks4all | 168 | 0.4% |
| #meded | 166 | 0.4% |
| #running | 163 | 0.4% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| pandemic | 3,582 | 8.5% |
| vaccine | 2,675 | 6.4% |
| cases | 2,486 | 5.9% |
| ontario | 2,049 | 4.9% |
| covid | 1,778 | 4.2% |
| deaths | 1,654 | 3.9% |
| patients | 1,583 | 3.8% |
| vaccines | 1,075 | 2.6% |
| canadian | 901 | 2.1% |
| province | 867 | 2.1% |
| quebec | 851 | 2.0% |
| during | 844 | 2.0% |
| alberta | 764 | 1.8% |
| workers | 749 | 1.8% |
| reports | 727 | 1.7% |
| medical | 723 | 1.7% |
| doctors | 701 | 1.7% |
| being | 692 | 1.6% |
| experts | 692 | 1.6% |
| intensive | 662 | 1.6% |
| canadians | 637 | 1.5% |
| government | 632 | 1.5% |
| vaccinated | 578 | 1.4% |
| schools | 572 | 1.4% |
| homes | 572 | 1.4% |
| québec | 562 | 1.3% |
| science | 562 | 1.3% |
| hospitals | 527 | 1.3% |
| died | 524 | 1.2% |
| ottawa | 520 | 1.2% |
| including | 491 | 1.2% |
| countries | 490 | 1.2% |
| because | 489 | 1.2% |
| months | 488 | 1.2% |
| doses | 487 | 1.2% |
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| journalists | 449 | 1.1% |
| every | 447 | 1.1% |
| parents | 433 | 1.0% |
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| masks | 397 | 0.9% |
| lives | 394 | 0.9% |
| important | 391 | 0.9% |
| needs | 389 | 0.9% |
| surge | 389 | 0.9% |
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| 😷 E0.6 Face With Medical Mask | 480 | 1.1% |
| 🎒 E0.6 Backpack | 235 | 0.6% |
| ♀ Venus | 224 | 0.5% |
| 🏃 E0.6 Person Running | 195 | 0.5% |
| 📚 E0.6 Books | 194 | 0.5% |
| 🎙 E0.7 Studio Microphone | 163 | 0.4% |
| 🧵 E11.0 Thread | 149 | 0.4% |
| 👇 E0.6 Backhand Index Pointing Down | 141 | 0.3% |
| 💉 E0.6 Syringe | 141 | 0.3% |
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Tweets
Almost 20 years ago, Canada's leaders signed a health care deal that was supposed to be the 'fix for a generation.' Now, the PM and Premiers are vowing to try again, by @kellygrant1 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail
An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here.
Bird flu has spread widely among animals. Unless we act now, it soon could do the same among humans, by @zeynep
nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opi… via @nytopinion #H5N1
Bird flu has spread widely among animals. Unless we act now, it soon could do the same among humans, by @zeynep
nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opi… via @nytopinion #H5N1
Opinion | An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here
nytimes.com
Is the Pandemic Still a Public Health Emergency? Q+A w/ @sdbaral, by @spaikin tvo.org/theagenda via @TheAgenda #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/ZOwkMNGEZa
.@picardonhealth The message here is that while things are looking up, the pandemic is not quite over.
More importantly, it’s a recognition the @WHO and its member countries don’t have a transition plan to a near-future where SARS-CoV-2 will be endemic. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
More importantly, it’s a recognition the @WHO and its member countries don’t have a transition plan to a near-future where SARS-CoV-2 will be endemic. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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Opinion: Is COVID-19 still a global health emergency?
theglobeandmail.com
"more Canadians consider health care their biggest national concern now than at any point since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic." @Avis_Favaro @MichaelStittle @niknanos Well worth the read + listen! 1/3
ctvnews.ca/politics/canad…
ctvnews.ca/politics/canad…
Can't think of a more deserving recipient of the Hyman Solomon #Journalism Award than @snolen. Brava Stephanie! 👏👏 via @ppforumca
There are few places @nytimes global health reporter @snolen hasn’t been.
This year, her work is being recognized with the Hyman Solomon Journalism Award, to be given at PPF's Testimonial Dinner.
Her journey: ppforum.ca/news/stephanie…
Registration: ppforum.ca/event/annual-t… pic.twitter.com/rrpb4QRqo0
This year, her work is being recognized with the Hyman Solomon Journalism Award, to be given at PPF's Testimonial Dinner.
Her journey: ppforum.ca/news/stephanie…
Registration: ppforum.ca/event/annual-t… pic.twitter.com/rrpb4QRqo0
It’s #GroundhogDay, a good excuse to share a couple of columns on why nothing ever changes in Canadian health care:
Canada’s health care crisis demands leadership. Instead, we get recycled excuses for inaction.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate
Canada’s health care crisis demands leadership. Instead, we get recycled excuses for inaction.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate
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Opinion: Canadas health care crisis demands leadership. Our premiers have chosen finger-pointing
theglobeandmail.com
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On health care, we need action, not petulance, from the Premiers
theglobeandmail.com
Federal government introduces legislation to delay changes that would allow those with mental illness as a sole condition to be eligible for #MAiD, by @ErinAnderssen via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Ontario announces $30-million for new primary care teams, commits to share data with Ottawa as health deal looms, by @l_stone @dustin_cook3 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail
Possession of 2.5 grams of most drugs is no longer a crime in B.C., an attempt to reduce the number of people who die from overdoses. Q+A w/ @garthmullins by @menakarw on #TheDecibel podcast🎙️
theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-d… via @globeandmail #HarmReduction #decriminalization
theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-d… via @globeandmail #HarmReduction #decriminalization
.@WHO extends public health emergency over #COVID19 but signals end could come soon. Meanwhile, U.S. says it will end emergency declarations May 11, by @HelenBranswell statnews.com/2023/01/30/who… via @statnews #GlobalHealth
Women Have Been Misled About #Menopause. Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it? by @susandominus nytimes.com/2023/02/01/mag… via @NYTmag #HRT
“The expert panel said the pandemic ‘may be reaching an inflection point,’ where higher levels of immunity … mean that the risk of serious illness and death after being infected are falling.”
The WHO is setting the bar too low. Long Covid remains a risk. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
The WHO is setting the bar too low. Long Covid remains a risk. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
“…while things are looking up, the pandemic is not quite over. More importantly, it’s a recognition the @WHO and its member countries don’t have a transition plan to a near-future where SARS-CoV-2 will be endemic.” via @picardonhealth @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
WHO says #COVID19 is still a #GlobalHealth emergency. But, as we head into year four of the pandemic, alarm fatigue has set in. The challenge now is managing a constant, low-level background threat rather than a headline-grabbing one. By @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Join us on February 22 for a free virtual event as Ontario-area professionals come together in a panel discussion moderated by @picardonhealth to help give a voice to #YoungCaregivers.
For more information and to register: bit.ly/3XxGr3i
#GiveAVoiceToYoungCaregivers
For more information and to register: bit.ly/3XxGr3i
#GiveAVoiceToYoungCaregivers
Is #COVID still a global health emergency? WHO maintains designation, IMO not because it fits the definition but for fear of empowering COVID trivializers. Regardless, these are wise words: “The emergency may be winding down, but not the need for care.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
As B.C.’s #decriminalization pilot project takes hold, political hopes collide with public fears, by @AndreaWoo theglobeandmail.com/canada/british… via @globeandmail #HarmReduction
Is #COVID19 still a global health emergency? by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate #GlobalHealth
Is #COVID19 still a global health emergency? by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate #GlobalHealth
Opinion: Is COVID-19 still a global health emergency?
theglobeandmail.com
New national long-term care standards unveiled, but Ottawa not planning to make them mandatory, by @kahowlett theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail #eldercare #LTC
Doctors spending millions of hours a year on paperwork instead of patient care, @CFIB report says, by @wencyleung via @globeandmail @KatharineSmart #cdnhealth theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
From the archives:
Why isn’t there a single medical licence for all doctors in Canada? by @picardonhealth (2019) theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate
Why isn’t there a single medical licence for all doctors in Canada? by @picardonhealth (2019) theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate
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Why isnt there a single medical licence for all doctors in Canada?
theglobeandmail.com
A recent 🇨🇦-wide poll reveals that 95% of respondents support pan-Canadian licensure as a means to improve access to care.
We urge P/T govs., with federal support, to implement pan-Canadian licensure as one of many solutions to the health care crisis.
bit.ly/3YcAlpv
We urge P/T govs., with federal support, to implement pan-Canadian licensure as one of many solutions to the health care crisis.
bit.ly/3YcAlpv
👏👏👏Bravo @NaheedD!
Excited to announce that Dr. Dosani was appointed to serve as the #Kensington Hospice Medical Director, effective Dec 1, 2022.
We celebrate his unwavering passion, dedication, and commitment to health justice and care!
Welcome @NaheedD
More: bit.ly/3JlevMm pic.twitter.com/GRjeNgxVbV
We celebrate his unwavering passion, dedication, and commitment to health justice and care!
Welcome @NaheedD
More: bit.ly/3JlevMm pic.twitter.com/GRjeNgxVbV
In a precedent-setting decision that will have implications across Ontario, a judge has denied a municipality’s request to remove an encampment on the basis that doing so – when there is no adequate indoor space – violates the residents’ Charter rights theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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Ontario court rules encampments can stay if theres a shortage of shelter beds
theglobeandmail.com
Statement on the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (#COVID19) pandemic @WHO @DrTedros who.int/news/item/30-0…
From the archives on the 6th anniversary of the attack on La grande mosquée de Québec:
In wake of Quebec City mosque shooting, Canada must break silence around #GunControl, by @picardonhealth (2017) theglobeandmail.com/news/national/… via @globeandmail
In wake of Quebec City mosque shooting, Canada must break silence around #GunControl, by @picardonhealth (2017) theglobeandmail.com/news/national/… via @globeandmail
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In wake of Quebec City shooting, Canada must break silence around gun control
theglobeandmail.com
RT @tweetvandijk: Curious what #ChatGPT News says about innovating healthcare? Here it is!
(Warning: it’s bang on 🥴) #AI
(Warning: it’s bang on 🥴) #AI
As B.C.’s #decriminalization pilot project takes hold, political hopes collide with public fears, by @AndreaWoo theglobeandmail.com/canada/british… via @globeandmail #HarmReduction
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As B.C.s decriminalization pilot project takes hold, political hopes collide with public fears
theglobeandmail.com
'It's quiet in here now': Saying goodbye to the historic, treasure-packed StarPhoenix newsroom. thestarphoenix.com/news/local-new…. @picardonhealth
So, has the world benefitted from 21 mythical monster subvariant nicknames to date? Opinions are divided on whether they have promoted healthy behaviours and policies, or simply provided media filler, distraction and political cover from real demands. twitter.com/picardonhealth…
"...health spending is an investment, not just a cost, and one that serves us well.
“If we don’t address this crisis in our health system, we will compromise our economy and future prosperity,” " #ableg
“If we don’t address this crisis in our health system, we will compromise our economy and future prosperity,” " #ableg
"Governments and policymakers do not own the health-care system; they are entrusted with its stewardship. Health care belongs to all of us, and reform must empower its true owners." This excellent article by @picardonhealth powered me to read the full report by @ppforumca
"The panel argues that fixing health care must start at the foundation, with primary care." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… @picardonhealth @docdanielle @AlikaMD @janephilpott #familymedicine #cdnpoli
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Opinion: Health reform cant wait. Heres where to start
theglobeandmail.com
How Ottawa can help fix health care: first, send less money. Why did the provinces give up on fixing the system in the early 2000s? It's simple: Because the federal government came to their rescue, by @acoyne theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate
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Opinion: How Ottawa can help fix health care: first, send less money
theglobeandmail.com
Update:
We are now witnessing Twitter fights about an op-ed about Twitter fights about an op-ed about Twitter fights about a news interview.
See you on threads about public health information, actions and health-affecting policies.✌🏽
We are now witnessing Twitter fights about an op-ed about Twitter fights about an op-ed about Twitter fights about a news interview.
See you on threads about public health information, actions and health-affecting policies.✌🏽
#COVID19 #misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M in Canada, new @cca_reports study says, by @DMajJourno cbc.ca/news/politics/… via @cbcnews @CaulfieldTim #infodemic
Vaccine hesitancy, fuelled by #misinformation and conspiracy theories, led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and costly hospital stays during two #COVID19 waves in 2021, according to @cca_reports, by @carlyweeks
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail @CaulfieldTim #infodemic
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail @CaulfieldTim #infodemic
Vaccine hesitancy, fuelled by #misinformation and conspiracy theories, led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and costly hospital stays during two #COVID19 waves in 2021, according to @cca_reports, by @carlyweeks
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail @CaulfieldTim #infodemic
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @globeandmail @CaulfieldTim #infodemic
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Vaccine hesitancy, COVID conspiracies led to thousands of deaths, high cost for health care system, report finds
theglobeandmail.com
As @picardonhealth wrote today “health care reform can’t wait.” I think he nailed some of the main issues too (national licensing, national data, innovation.) theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… 10/12
Vikram Patel: A fierce advocate of #MentalHealth care for all, by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/business/techn… via @globeandmail @GairdnerAwards (2019) #GairdnerAwards
"This science really places the rights of people to receive care, to live a life with dignity, to be protected from the harms that we know can affect their health as important as the discoveries we might make in a lab."
- Vikram Patel in his #GairdnerAwards speech
#BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/BD07dfsHsk
- Vikram Patel in his #GairdnerAwards speech
#BellLetsTalk pic.twitter.com/BD07dfsHsk
A new report, "Taking Back Health Care," focuses on fixing a system in crisis. Q+A w/ two of the authors, @janephilpott and @AlikaMD, by @mattgallowaycbc cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… via @TheCurrentCBC @ppforumca pic.twitter.com/3KxnrFUrv0
Want to understand an issue? Have a conversation, not a #Twitter war. It is instructive to watch bad things happening to good people while a crowd gathers online to cheer on the pummeling, by @reggcohn thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar #PandemicJournalism
Thanks for your support of this deserving and very relevant and inspiring book, @picardonhealth. @mitchellconsky @WCA_LitAgency
On health care, we need action, not petulance, from the Premiers, by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via @GlobeDebate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll meet with premiers to discuss health deal on Feb. 7 after they drop demands for no-strings-attached on billions, by @MariekeWalsh theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… via @globeandmail
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll meet with premiers to discuss health deal on Feb. 7 after they drop demands for no-strings-attached on billions, by @MariekeWalsh theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… via @globeandmail
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Trudeau says hell meet with premiers to discuss health deal
theglobeandmail.com
It's #BellLetsTalk Day. The initiative has made a difference but, 1.4 billion nickels later, it’s time for less talk and more action, by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate @Bell_LetsTalk #MentalHealth
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Opinion: The Bell Lets Talk initiative has made a difference, but its time for action
theglobeandmail.com
Health reform can’t wait. Here’s where to start. An expert panel is calling on Canadians to take back control of their health system before it's too late, by @picardonhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via @GlobeDebate @ppforumca
Opinion: Health reform cant wait. Heres where to start
theglobeandmail.com
