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Brooke Saunders

@brkster

ER doctor, bookworm, traveler | Do no harm, but take no shit.

Toronto, Ontario Katılım Eylül 2015
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Brooke Saunders
Brooke Saunders@brkster·
If you, a person with no specific training or expertise in a given field, have an opinion that directly contradicts the majority of actual experts in that field, then perhaps it’s not so much “controversial” as it is *incorrect.*
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Andrew Petrosoniak
Andrew Petrosoniak@petrosoniak·
This week almost every patient I saw in the ED waited >6hrs. I told each patient I'm sorry they had to wait. Not because I felt responsible but because I felt bad for them. A "system" delivering "emergent" care regularly >6-12hrs is no long a system but rather a failure.
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Esther Choo, MD MPH
Esther Choo, MD MPH@choo_ek·
“‘Idaho calls itself a quote ‘pro-life state,’ but the Idaho Legislature doesn’t care about the death of moms’” — the dilemma of ob/gyns in abortion restrictive states, and how general women’s health erodes when abortion access is threatened nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/…
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Dr. Trevon D Logan
Dr. Trevon D Logan@TrevonDLogan·
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: “We have very successful class-based Affirmative Action admissions policies at elite colleges and universities. It's been working quite well for rich and powerful families for generations. Maybe we should talk about that…”
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Dr. Trevon D Logan@TrevonDLogan

A word on college admissions: Do not be fooled. We have very successful class-based Affirmative Action admissions policies at elite colleges and universities. It's been working quite well for rich and powerful families for generations. Maybe we should talk about that...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@QasimRashid·
The only Democracy in the middle east just limited the Supreme Court's ability to exercise judicial oversight over government corruption...led by a Prime Minister indicted for government corruption. Where is the accountability? Where is the justice?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost

Breaking news: Israeli parliament votes to limit Supreme Court oversight on government actions, delivering long-sought goal to far-right lawmakers. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/…

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Josh Matlow
Josh Matlow@JoshMatlow·
If we don't change how things are done at City Hall, our services simply won't improve. Vote for a city that works: votematlow.ca/platform
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Jennifer Keesmaat
Jennifer Keesmaat@jen_keesmaat·
We need affordable housing options for every income level and every stage of life - in every neighbourhood. We can get there, this is doable.
Klem Kaddidilhoffer@SDonlose

@jen_keesmaat Great cities have pockets of affordability for the various different communities that seek to live in that great city. Housing affordability is tethered to 30% of income for rent, about 5x income to buy a home. Options need to be make available for every level of income

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Brooke Saunders@brkster·
@DocMCohen For a while they offered to keep FOBT if every doc did an annual certification course in performing and interpreting it 🧐 you can imagine how well that landed.
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Brooke Saunders@brkster·
@DocMCohen All point of care testing has been removed from our ED over the years - no urine preg dip, even FOBT. I kid you not, the explanation was “docs and nurses are not qualified to perform or interpret point of care tests so all must be done at the lab”.
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Jennifer Gunter
Jennifer Gunter@DrJenGunter·
So @DrJenAdjacent and I made things official. Which for us means we want people to know in our heads and hearts we are married and we’ll get to the paperwork later.
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Carey Miller
Carey Miller@proserv·
@drmwarner This program was created during the pandemic. I am curious. What did you do for such patients before then?
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Brooke Saunders@brkster·
So you mean like the men in every cabinet? Oh sorry did you think male dominated cabinets were created based on merit rather than gender discrimination? Don’t be silly.
Sarah Fischer@SarahFischer__

@lisakirbie Imagine being a woman in Trudeau’s cabinet and not knowing if it was merit or gender that got you there.

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Raghu Venugopal MD
Raghu Venugopal MD@raghu_venugopal·
“Can you go to a warming center?” “No, they are all full.” If you think John Tory and City Council did a good job then go sleep outside tonight and reconsider. Not good enough, Toronto.
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Brooke Saunders@brkster·
@RogersHistory Counterpoint: so what? School isn’t meant to be jail. Let your students go to the bathroom, even if they have another reason to leave the classroom not immediately obvious to you.
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Tom Rogers@RogersHistory·
Most ppl seem to believe that when students ask to go to the toilet in a lesson they actually want to go to the toilet and not just have an extra break - come on ppl! Obv there are exceptions to this rule but in my 15 years experience, 50%+ just want to get out of lesson time.
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David Fisman
David Fisman@DFisman·
Tent city and breadline in the heart of one of the world’s richest cities No, I don’t care who the ex-mayor had consensual sex with Yes, I do care that a rich city is letting citizens freeze and starve
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Babak Jahromi MD PhD FRCSC
Babak Jahromi MD PhD FRCSC@babaksjahromi·
What do Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Contrast-Induced Nephropathy have in common?👉They're all largely imaginary. In an emergency, *please* just order the CTA. (credit emcrit.org/ibcc/contrast/, see selected refs below, many more on pubmed)
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