Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity

✴Our latest Town Hall Meeting: Black Health Professionals' Risks & Resiliencies in COVID-19 can be viewed on our YouTube: youtu.be/Qh-jM_BCbbo & Facebook: fb.watch/45jljBlLbD/ #covid19 #blackdoctors #blackhealth #healthcare #nurses #frontlines #frontlineheroes

Join the Toronto Black Covid Taskforce for a Zoom Town Hall on Saturday, May 1, 2021, for a discussion on fundamental knowledge and actions for protection Black health and lives during Wave 3 of Covid 19. Register Below, it’s Free to attend⬇️⬇️ torontoblackcovid.eventbrite.ca

BSTF Member Dr. David Burt Q&A on COVID-19 Vaccines . youtu.be/FoiTs-xxc5Y . #covid19 #coronavirus #BlackCanada #toronto #covidprevention #frontlineworkers #healthcare #covidvacccine #blackdoctors #blackhealth #coronavirus #mRNA #immunology #vaccines #immunologist #health

BSTF Member Dr. David Burt explains how COVID-19 Vaccines work . youtu.be/ZsGuHqXiCWU . . #BSTF #covid19 #corona #BlackCanada #toronto #covidprevention #afrocaribbean #frontlineworkers #BlackScientistsMatter #healthcare #covidvacccine #coronavirus #mRNA #immunology #vaccines

Come Monday, the City will move from the stay-at-home order to the Province's grey zone. Residents are still encouraged to stay home as much as possible to avoid the spread of COVID-19 and another lockdown. 🔗For a full breakdown of changes: toronto.ca/news/covid-19-…

Join Us & @BlackHealthCAN tomorrow (March 6th: 2pm-5pm) for our Town Hall: Black Health Professionals' Risks & Resiliencies in COVID-19 @itsbredap @CandiceToddND This is a FREE Event! Register + Save Your Spot here: torontoblackcovid.eventbrite.ca zoom.us/webinar/regist… #BSTF

Vaccine speed is vital to protect at risk individuals. But current vaccination rates are not enough to alter population level immunity before Ontario’s imminent 3rd wave driven by VOCs Public health measures remain our primary tool in limiting lives lost until mass vaccination

JAMA dropped this 16 min podcast on structural racism that is insensitive at worst, violent at best. They’ll almost certainly delete it and release some pithy statement. I listened and took notes, bc it’s 4am, my call room cot is hard, + I got time today. edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/au…

COVID Vaccine Myths Addressed: The Roots and Truths about the COVID vaccine myths. This article answers genuine concerns as it pertains to the science of the vaccine...read on to discover the truths! thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… #blackscientiststaskforce #akwatukhenti

Fantastic article by phenomenal Black female surgeon Dr Mojola Omole @Drmojolaomole On Holding Space for Emotions and Breaking the ‘Rules’! medicine.utoronto.ca/news/temerty-m… via @uoftmedicine @UofTMed_OID @thebpao @cos_uoft @bmsacanada @UofTBMSA @Neilisrad @DrLisaRobinson 👌🏾

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine becomes 4th to receive Health Canada approval ift.tt/3sJZSqe

Pop-up testing today: 📍Dennis R. Timbrell Resource Centre 📍TNO Youth Centre 📍The Hub at Warden Woods Community Centre 📍Jenner Jean-Marie Community Centre 📍York Recreation Centre 🔗 More info: toronto.ca/home/covid-19/…

✴Our latest Town Hall Meeting: Mental Health Problems & Consequences of COVID-19 can be viewed on our YouTube: youtu.be/Rzz1_GcZ__E . ✴Save your spot for our upcoming town hall this Saturday (March 6th): torontoblackcovid.eventbrite.ca . #blackmentalhealthweek #covid19 #mentalhealth

1/Black patients face various degrees of racism and injustice in healthcare. But few people are aware that Black medical trainees also face racism from supervisors, peers & patients. BPAO has released a position statement on anti-Black racism in medicine:  bit.ly/2Ecyo92

Before rolling out vaccines to Black Canadian communities, advocates call on governments to rebuild trust. @TorontoTask Leader @akwatukhenti highlights the issues Black communities have been facing with @globalnews globalnews.ca/news/7671277/v… #healthcare #racism #blackcommunity

Join Us & @BlackHealthCAN this Saturday (March 6th: 2pm-5pm) for our Town Hall: Black Health Professionals' Risks & Resiliencies in COVID-19 @itsbredap @CandiceToddND This is a FREE Event! Register + Save Your Spot here: torontoblackcovid.eventbrite.ca zoom.us/webinar/regist…

For Canadians tempted to shop for a #COVID19 vaccine, the bottom line is simple: Take what’s offered as quickly as possible. “I would take what is offered as it decreases your likelihood of severe disease and death,” says Tania Watts, a @UofT immunologist theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Got my COVID-19 vaccine! I got it to PROTECT myself, family, my patients! I will be a vaccinator soon! Want a new normal - missing my friends, family and fêting💃🏾! @BlackHealthCAN @TorontoTask @TAIBU_CHC @thebpao @blackdocscanada @bmsacanada #selfcare #communitycare @UofTMed_OID

Dr. Abdurrahman @Health_Ontario_ and Dr. David Burt discuss vaccine distribution and the main efforts, goals and values of the Black Scientists' Task Force on Vaccine Equity with @CP24. fb.watch/3_nfDCYliQ/ #blackscientiststaskforce #bstf #covid19 #immunology #gta #toronto

Wearing your mask is one way we can help protect each other when in indoor public settings & when #PhysicalDistancing is difficult to maintain. More info on how to safely wear a mask: toronto.ca/facemasks/