Kara Patterson

Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you didn’t overthink everything? I think about it all the time.

🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud. ⛔️These people are wrong⛔️ I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/

BREAKING: Ford govt votes NO to universal access to mental health care in Ontario! Unbelievable. You should only need your health card, NOT your credit card! Folks shouldn't have to abandon therapy because they can't afford it.

Gotta start somewhere 😅

Black at UTM is an initiative that is nurturing Black flourishing on campus, ensuring community members feel seen, celebrated and supported. Don’t miss tomorrow’s #BRNBrilliance feature 🎥 buff.ly/3YaDOq2 #UTM #BlackResearchNetwork

This study uses advanced multivariate techniques to disentangle whether (and which) motor areas represent the beat that we feel in different rhythms. @HoddiNeuron is one to watch--multiple studies that build on this one are coming soon.

While most restaurants are still stuck in pre-Covid we are on to the next thing to make indoor dining even safer: Coming soon: A personal Filter above your dining table to keep everyone around your table safer. Stay tuned

I would be more than up for doing a national show on COVID with @ChiefSciCan . Would be happy to provide whatever data @CBC would like in advance, so the graphics team can help me get the info across about why vaccines, masking, air cleaning and staying home when sick are still so crucial. People simply don't realize that COVID is still the number 3 cause of death in Canada, after all cancers combined (number 1), and all cardiovascular diseases combined (number 2). It causes more deaths than any single cancer, cardiovascular or any other single disease in Canada. Untimely "from" COVID deaths, not dying with COVID when someone would have died from something else. We're seeing nearly as many untimely/excess/from COVID deaths each year since 2022 as the number of Canadians who died in all 5 years of World War II. The number of untimely/"excess"/"from" COVID deaths each year is more than the total number of deaths per year in Canada attributed to smoking. People don't realize COVID is still the number 2 cause of hospitalization, or that there are about 3 million people living in Canada with long COVID severe enough to limit their activities of daily life. I don't know if we're going to keep experiencing this until the Canadian life expectancy drops as low as life expectancy in the United States or lower, but it does not look like it's slowing down. We need to keep communicating that it's a marathon, and that continuing to try to protect yourself and others is worth it, while we wait for longer-lasting vaccines and advocate for institutional and legal measures like improved air quality in work, school and public places, and mandatory masking in healthcare settings. My argument is always that if more people in Canada knew what is actually happening many would better understand why it's so important to vaccinate and mask. Not everyone, of course, but some.

Every time something catastrophic happens, I think about disabled people who rely on devices and can’t move Is actually horrendous that we don’t have specialized evacuation protocol, so many people don’t make it because of ableism.

Congratulations, Prof. Euson Yeung, on receiving the 2024 Carol Kennedy Excellence in Teaching Award from the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. 🏅🙌 uoft.me/aUv

My experience has been that when a politician speaks like this with disregard and disrespect it fuels hate and #hate crimes towards the population he is disparaging. The fact so many people clapped at his statement is appalling.

Come by poster # 37 #MLHC2024 to learn about our work on comparing physiotherapist and computer vision prediction of future falls and impact of automated fall risk assessment on physiotherapist predictions. Work with Y. Sharma, @Vida_adl, @KaraKPatterson, and @dementiarehab .

@MacstrokeCan @McMasterU Congratulations Ada! A well-deserved recognition and an amazing achievement.

It’s a special privilege to be surrounded by great people who do great work, who inspire each other and support each other every day to continue to do more great things ✨💫 It is an honour to be a University Scholar at @mcmasteru

No president of America has ever given birth - I don’t understand why it’s suddenly an issue

"Retro-walking can decrease knee pain, improve [patients’] daily function and reduce disability.” said senior scientist @KaraKPatterson @UHN via @rebeccaga0 @globeandmail Patterson's #InformedOps @ bit.ly/4bR3QDw theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

Do you use the Canadian COVID-19 Forecast? We need your help for a funding application. We're asking people how the Forecast affects your decisions and actions related to infection prevention. Please respond and share this anonymous survey! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Can we get an interactive map of where people can find a family doctor?