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Don Young

@djyoungmd

Anesthesiologist, Father/Husband, Ornithologist, Zen Buddhist, Sports Fan

 Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joined May 2013
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This family is going through an unimaginable time. They've been hit hard and need our support. Please consider donating or sharing their story. Every bit counts for them. gofund.me/de400027
Donate to O’Connor Family, organized by AMANDA PIETSCH

Donate to O’Connor Family, organized by AMANDA PIETSCH

A message from Daryl & Michelle Pietsch on behalf of the Pietsch and O’Connor Families. “We never … AMANDA PIETSCH needs your support for O’Connor Family

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Beautiful piece by the VGH/UBC Foundation ❤️
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@MaxCRoser7 Oct 2023
I guess most of you have by now seen the recent TED talk of my colleague @_HannahRitchie ? If you haven't, I very much recommend listening to Hannah's talk about our generation's opportunity to improve both people's living conditions and our environment: ted.com/talks/hannah_ritchie…
Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one?

Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one?

The word "sustainability" gets thrown around a lot these days. But what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? Environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie digs into the numbers behind...

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Mt. Everest Sherpa Fund gofund.me/42485cc3 Created in Pieter Swart's name. Please consider donating.
Donate to Mt. Everest Sherpa Fund, organized by Pieter Swart

Donate to Mt. Everest Sherpa Fund, organized by Pieter Swart

My father and hero, Pieter Swart (Senior), died climbing Mt. Everest on May 25th, 2023. I … Pieter Swart needs your support for Mt. Everest Sherpa Fund

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Everything you want to know about TEG /ROTEM sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Authors: @JanHartmannMD @HermelinMD @JerroldLevy #medtwitter & #livertwitter
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COVID-19 infections don’t always induce an immune response covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/…
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Always Assess the Raw Electroencephalogram: Why Automated... : Anesthesia & Analgesia journals.lww.com/anesthesia-…
Now is the perfect time to slay these five investing myths (The Globe and Mail (BC Edition)), May 14, 2022 Pretty much says it all, if you ask me. globe2go.newspaperdirect.com…
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The transfer to Twitter of this article didn’t go well as the headings for each Myth were not printed properly. The Myths: 1. Investing is hard 2. You need to trade to win 3. The market is a casino 4. The road to riches is paved with great stories 5. You need help
COVID-19 human challenge study reveals detailed insights into infection imperial.ac.uk/news/233514/c…
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Read this #preprint on @researchsquare: Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge researchsquare.com/article/r…

Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge

To establish a novel SARS-CoV-2 human challenge model, 36 volunteers aged 18-29 years without evidence of previous infection or vaccination were inoculated with 10 TCID50 of a wild-type virus...

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Britain’s COVID-19 human challenge trial offers insights into why the virus spreads so quickly /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…

Britain’s COVID-19 human challenge trial offers insights into why the virus spreads so quickly

The results of the study showed that it took just 42 hours for the virus to be detected in throat and nose swabs, challenging the assumption that the incubation period for COVID-19 is between five...

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Spectacular view of Vancouver with skies clearing following snow fall, taken from our new Operating Rooms at Vancouver General Hospital. Yup, that's our daily work place view. Awe inspiring!!
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Vancouver spinal surgeon Dr. Brian Kwon has donated $1M to establish a new “Living Lab” for spinal cord injury research and care, challenging the centuries-old story that permanent paralysis is permanent after a spinal cord injury. #WorldSpineDay2021 bit.ly/3lJoRJC
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After the damage has been done, a preprint with a denominator off by >25-fold is withdrawn cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-… medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The US Delta wave by county vaccination level: relationship with deaths and cases wsj.com/articles/highly-vacc…
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Very happy to have been a part of developing this Enhanced Recovery Canada Document on Hip & Knee Arthroplasty. Great work by Dr Pascal-André Vendittoli of Montreal who chaired the proceedings. healthcareexcellence.ca/medi…
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The 60-year-old scientific screwup that helped COVID kill - WIRED apple.news/AXZY2kUXrRkKWdIAw…

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill

Marr is an aerosol scientist at Virginia Tech and one of the few in the world who also studies infectious diseases. To her, the new coronavirus looked as if it could hang in the air, infecting anyone...

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This is such a great example of hyperreflexia + clonus from serotonin syndrome 🎥 @DavidJuurlink #MedTwitter
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