Cheryl Armstrong, BSN, MPH🟧💛💙

Thread 1/6: I recently suffered a grade 5 splenic laceration & during resuscitation @VanIslandHealth had 2 ❤️arrests. How do you repay teams who saved your life? 1/6 timescolonist.com/sponsored/lett…

@MartinKulldorff It’s hard for me to fathom that you’re in the medical profession. I feel sorry for you - you seem to completely lack basic empathy for others suffering.

"One of the most disturbing images of the Covid-19 pandemic was when a teacher .. forced a mask on a crying toddler .. In some ways, the U.S. government .. treated all of us like toddlers, compelling us to endure draconian Covid measures" - @HRaleighspeaks thefederalist.com/2023/09/08/ren…

@btselem @Israel is committing genocide!

Omar Jbarah, 24 ,father of two toddlers. When settlers and the army entered his town and carried out a pogrom, he helped rescue elderly residents whose homes settlers had set on fire while they were still inside. Later, police officers shot him in the chest and killed him. >

OMG!! Our doc is out!!! Go watch now!!! We are taking back the narrative & this story about North America’s largest lithium mine being constructed while violating sacred Indigenous territories is told from the Native perspective. The “green” energy revolution isn’t what you think it is! Go watch! @IndigiNewsMedia @TheRealNews @ricochet_en youtu.be/uLO7ClVtlBA?si…

Between July 2018 and July 2021, Ontario Crown lawyers dedicated 1,672 taxpayer-funded hours to the province's case to keep Premier Doug Ford's now-leaked mandate letters secret. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

To every female in Canada, no matter what your age, Pierre Poilievre and his party have you firmly in their sights. They will move you back to the 1940’s and 50’s. They have a secret agenda and that is to subjugate you all to the will of the state and men in general. Vote liberal

@Billius27 @PierrePoilievre your inability to grasp even the most basic concepts of public health policy re: health promotion/disease prevention is incredibly worrying. #UnfitToLead

@CPC_HQ If he had upgraded the plane then you would have come after him for that.

Trudeau’s never ending global clown show grounded in India.

Open Letter from Protect Our Province BC To Premier @Dave_Eby ,  Minister of Health @adriandix, Minister of Education @RachnaSinghNDP and Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry

@picardonhealth @NoamLevey @NPRHealth And under @CPC_HQ “leadership”, e.g. @fordnation and @PierrePoilievre, this will happens with greater frequency.

Medical debt nearly pushed this family into #homelessness. Millions more are at risk. Saddled with debt from health care, many Americans are forced into painful tradeoffs. And some are losing their homes, by @NoamLevey npr.org/sections/healt… via @NPRhealth #Medicare4All

A short film about why the dirtiest and most antisocial economic interests dominate our politics. I believe it's the key to understanding the terrible state we're in.

Urgent Petition to Address Wait Times, Overcrowding & Closures in Canadian Emergency Rooms - Sign the Petition! chng.it/rqkGNPy6 via @CdnChange

@ABDanielleSmith Stated from someone who lacks an understanding of harm reduction research and public health policy.

“The truth is that what we’re doing in Canada, and the way that we’ve been thinking as a society, about addiction for the last 20 years, has been a failure,” says Dan Williams, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction. Read more: thehub.ca/2023-09-10/con…

@QudsNen #GenocideState @Israel

This is the story of Israel.

@kaydaustin Thanks for your thoughtful post. People suffering from depression or other mental health ailments have a very similar experience.

Cancer ghosting, let’s talk about it 👻 I took these two pictures after my first hospital admission then scrolled through my feed and cried. At 29, I found myself using a bedpan while I watched friends skiing down mountainsides. It was the first time I’d recognize how detached my life had become from my peers. I felt jealous, bitter and threw myself a pity party over chicken broth and graham crackers while the extreme guilt set in over the fact I even had any of these emotions. When you’re first diagnosed with cancer, your friends, family and even distant acquaintances often rally around you. The messages, phone calls and well wishes pour in, making you feel insanely supported. But over time the support often dwindles. People go back to their lives, full of events and activities you may no longer be able to participate in. And all the “if you need anything” messages start to feel empty as you look on from afar. There are often people you thought would be there every step of the way- who you never or rarely hear from. It can feel crushing and make you question if they ever really cared. Here’s why I don’t fault the people in my life I experienced this with and a few insights I’ve taken away. I thought I’d share in case it’s helpful to others. I started to feel less hurt by these experiences when I realized we all have busy lives and most people are doing their best to make it through their own day. We live in a world these days where many of us turn to social media to keep tabs on each other. Many of my friends and family saw updates online or were updated through the grapevine. They felt up-to-date on me, even though we never had contact. Others later told me, “Phewf, I’m glad you’re doing okay now. I had to stop reading your posts because it was too hard for me. I kept picturing everything that happened to you, happening to myself or my kids. I emotionally wasn’t strong enough for it. I prayed for you every night but couldn’t read your posts.” Others were at a loss for words and didn’t know what to say. Look, cancer is hard- really hard. Not just for those of us going through it but for many of those we care about too. I personally believe it’s not about people not caring, I think it’s often people not knowing how to show up or what to say. I think social media often amplifies the emotions and isolation. When you see others carrying on with their lives while you’re simply trying to survive, it can at times feel like they don’t care. But what social media doesn’t show are the prayers they send up each night praying for your healing and comfort, the little reminders throughout their day that make them think of you or their compulsive checking of your page at 1am for updates looking reassurance you’re okay. Social media has created ways for us to feel more connected than we ever have before but it can also create a valley of isolation through the hardest days. So this is my reminder to anyone who may have loved ones they care about going through a difficult time. Don’t forget to drop the comment, send the message or pick up the phone. If you don’t know what to say, simply let them know you’re thinking about them. Cancer ghosting I personally believe is often unintentional but a very real experience many face. I’d love for us to create a thread of practical ways to show up for others. So let’s hear your experience below. What are little ways people showed up for you during a difficult time that mean the most?

@CHEK_News There’s nothing to consider. 😷 up!

British Columbians may soon be required to wear masks in hospitals once again. cheknews.ca/b-c-considers-…

An incredibly thoughtful & well articulated case - “We must end the unwitnessed safe supply of opioids” /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

A CDC study found surgical masks in indoor public settings cut the chance of contracting the coronavirus by 66%. Higher-quality N95 & KN95 masks reduced the risk of infection by 83%. A mask protects not only against the coronavirus but other respiratory viruses, too.

@RichardCityNews @raehanbobby Make LTC accreditation mandatory! @AccredCanada

NEW - Ontario’s Ombudsman Paul Dubé calls for an overhaul of Ontario’s long-term care inspection system, after his just released investigation found it was “completely overwhelmed” during the first wave of COVID-19.