Teacher, professor, consultant, retired Superintendent of Schools, Dad, Grandpa and golfer. Creator of "RIPPLE Leadership".
North Vancouver
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Doug Player retweeted
Stephen Harpers IDU co-chair and Canada’s Andrew Scheer’s 2019 campaign manager, Mike Roman, indicted and criminally charged for election interference in Georgia alongside Trump and 17 other criminals. Roman was also at the Ottawa occupation. Its not China we need to investigate.
Doug Player retweeted
Omg I can’t handle these different angles. The security guard’s laser focus on his target. Adam’s commitment to the giant bottle of champagne. So many things to take in with every new POV 💀😂
Doug Player retweeted
Since @adriandix became MOH, total annual health budget has grown by $8B.
$1B of that is head-office admin in MOH/health authorities (bureaucrats). Up 59%. Well-outpacing e.g. MSP payments (up 37%).
Health system is far worse now. Good ROI? Good use of tax $$$? Good managment?
Doug Player retweeted
I am in Denmark. Same population as BC. All public insured. If you cannot get a procedure done in four weeks in a public hospital, it immediately goes to the private hospital. There are 20 and they are free. Cancer treatment is two weeks from diagnosis. I politician fail.#bcpoli
Doug Player retweeted
I was CBC’s Ottawa Bureau Chief for several years during Liberal and Conservative governments. Only once did the gov’t try to affect our political coverage. That was when CPC PM Harper’s staff met with me and asked that a CBC reporter be reassigned. I said no. End of story.
Doug Player retweeted
Recommended reading: Ian Mulgrew on David Eby's botched money laundering crusade. tinyurl.com/yckdeh3d
Doug Player retweeted
Modernizing BC's hospitals from 📝to digital is a no-brainer but it's not going smoothly
Staff are spending more time w clunky software & there are glitches
And the 2 biggest health authorities aren't even using the same system 🤨
#bcpoli @CTVVancouver
bc.ctvnews.ca/it-s-challengi…
Doug Player retweeted
#bcpoli The number of people in hospital who have covid has risen sharply from last week. Up from 193 to 240.
Deaths are up from 13 to 22.
Total fatalities during pandemic 5,192 - a rise from last week's 5,157. – at Burnaby, British Columbia
Doug Player retweeted
Note to future generations: We had the tools needed to mitigate a virus that maims kids for life, but those in power chose not to use them.
Doug Player retweeted
So is BC still much more Paxlovid miserly by hoarding this potential life-saver than other NA health jurisdictions; and if so, why, since most PH experts believe it shld be used liberally in high-risk
bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-stockpil…
Doug Player retweeted
But no n BC
Question for Eby, Dix: Why do BC high-risk get less protection against bad outcomes than high-risk in QC, ON, elsewhere?
"In recent months, more provinces have begun allowing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense Paxlovid"
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Doug Player retweeted
The @BCGreens is calling on Health Minister Adrian Dix to acknowledge issues health-care professionals are facing on Northern Vancouver Island after physicians called for the resignation of the region's top doctor.
More: globalnews.ca/news/9466409/n…
Doug Player retweeted
This sort of thing almost always goes unchallenged, but so far as I know, there is simply no data to support Dr. Henry's statement that 1 dose of Pfizer's pediatric Covid vaccine "offers good protection" against Omicron.
Doug Player retweeted
Workplace issues in our healthcare system continue and they're not going to help already-low morale or patient care
Days after criticizing his employer @alexnatarosMD has been disciplined, while 7/8 ICU doctors in PG have resigned
@CTVVancouver #bcpoli
bc.ctvnews.ca/resignations-a…
Doug Player retweeted
Dr. Reka Gustafson, Chief MHO for @VanIslandHealth, seems to be wrecking things again.
The question is why? bc.ctvnews.ca/resignations-a…
Doug Player retweeted
"What began as an airborne pandemic driven by a single virus has become a viral cloud roiling around the globe thanks to public policies that have allowed unfettered transmission."
We Now Face an Army of COVID Viruses via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/…
Doug Player retweeted
More schools across the U.S. are putting mask mandates in place as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. trib.al/lvC1IPs