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Thoughtful thread to my post of an article in HealthyDebate on curbing violence against frontline healthcare providers.
The rise in physical abuse in hospitals and in particular ERs is directly related to substance abuse, mental health issues and increasing wait times. It’s a powder keg and it occurs at any time and the impact is magnified with short staffing and exhausted staff who have no time to provide proper /2
December 12, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Frontline health providers need to be protected from physical and verbal abuse: opinion in HealthyDebate.
healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...
Health-care workers are under attack. We must do more to ensure their safety - Healthy Debate
Every day health-care workers experience a spectrum of abusive behaviour while providing care. More needs to be done to stop it.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM
March 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
ICYMI, I wrote this commentary last Friday on the new @WHO airborne document, in @HealthyDebate, now republished on @CanHealthwatch. Debate welcome.
Droplet or airborne? WHO says it’s ‘through the air’
Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place.
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April 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients

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A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients - Healthy Debate
Health-care workers have a responsibility to protect their vulnerable patients. Our lives are in your hands.
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November 20, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Official statement In light of the recent unsettling events in the US
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#LoveAndActivism #LovingLeft #leftistlove #leftist
#progressive #compassion #values #kindness
#empathy #healthydebate
July 16, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Key: Politics & prior concerns (fuelled by misinformation) about vaccines impacts perceptions of adverse events.

Eg: Republicans more likely to report vaccine AEs.

My recent piece: Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... via @HealthyDebate
Vaccine safety, politics and the nocebo effect - Healthy Debate
We must vigorously counter the misinformation and political spin that helps to fuel the accelerating vaccine concern vortex.
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July 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ARGUING? THIS IS [Healthy Debate]

I LOVE [HealthyDebate] I WILL [HealthyDebate] WITH ANYONE
I still did not need to know, regardless.

You are not but arguing will get us nowhere.
YOU SAID [Why would she like to be insulted?] THAT’S A [[Quastion]]

WE CAN [Diss]AGREE BUT I’M [Right Turn At The Next Stop Sign]
July 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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November 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
The Mariners won the 2001 World Series #healthydebate
November 22, 2024 at 7:10 PM
To my Canadian friends! 🇨🇦 Curious about the recent US election? Spoiler Alert: People were angry with the status quo, leading to the election of a Tyrant Wannabe. Let’s explore it! #Canada #USPolitics #HealthyDebate 🤔
April 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Teachers and other professionals should be able to comment on matters of public policy”, no matter which sector they are in. Agreed, @gregashman.bsky.social #freespeech #healthydebate #education

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Curios of the week #90
Clippings, endnotes and other ephemera
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November 22, 2024 at 8:11 PM
"Sometimes, amidst caring for others, we forget who bears witness to our own lives." #TemertyMed resident Divya Santhanam writes about the importance of empathy in @healthydebate bit.ly/46VcLDs
‘I understand’: Words of empathy that have helped me through residency - Healthy Debate
That evening, they walked me past the point we usually diverged and sat with me in my apartment lobby. They sat as I cried. They listened.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If AI scribes were the test run, Supply Ontario has lessons to learn

Broadbent Research Fellow @danyaalraza.com reflects on the rise of "AI scribes" in Ontario, in a new article for Healthy Debate.

🔗 healthydebate.ca/2026/07/abou...
July 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
🧠💬 Can we disagree and still find connection? 
Aurora says yes. And we should.

Full episode of The Bridge: Music, War & Peace coming soon.

#HealthyDebate #Aurora #PodcastClip #TheBridgePodcast #DiversityOfThought
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Planetary health is public health healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi... via @HealthyDebate
Planetary health is public health - Healthy Debate
Ignoring planetary health would be a gross dereliction of duty by the public health profession.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Great piece that shines a light on what #patientcentred care actually is. Mac http://healthydebate.ca/faces-health-care/mac via @healthydebate
Mac - Healthy Debate
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November 29, 2024 at 8:40 PM
In a world of echo chambers, how do we talk with those who disagree? See blog: "Engaging in Civil Discourse & Dialogue" on HumansWrite.org for:
Techniques for respectful disagreement
Ways to de-escalate tense conversations
Tools for productive dialogue
#CivilDiscourse #BridgeBuilding #HealthyDebate
Home | HumansWrite - tools for social justice writing
HumansWrite is a resource hub devoted to the power of words as a force for change in the world, with social justice writing tools and more.
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October 2, 2024 at 8:57 PM
‘I want to pat dogs until I die’: End-of-life planning should be more than just Living Wills healthydebate.ca/2025/05/topi... via @HealthyDebate cc @maryfernando.bsky.social #hpm #hapc
‘I want to pat dogs until I die’: End-of-life planning should be more than just Living Wills - Healthy Debate
My approach to Advanced Care Planning takes note of what makes up a “good day” and try to incorporate as many as possible.
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May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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“🗣️True friendship thrives on open, honest conversations. Speak your mind, embrace healthy debates, and always stay true.📝✍️
#FreeSpeech
#HealthyDebate #Authenticity #SpeakYourMind
#RespectfulDisagreement #LifeLessons
#Wisdom #StayTrue #RealTalk"
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December 5, 2024 at 4:58 PM
The chipping began years ago under Conservative Premiers
February 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM