Family Physician. Wife & mom. Broadway fan. 🇵🇭🇨🇦. Clinical Asst Professor @ UBC Tweets are my own opinions & not medical advice.
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Thank you @HannahThibedeau for the chance to talk about the crisis facing our children.
I get a bit emotional. As a healthcare worker, the thought of children dying and the fact that we aren't doing anything is soul crushing.
Please. Protect our children.
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I spoke with @GlobalBC about FIFA's reusable water bottle ban. The key issue isn't the bottles; it's whether spectators can access water easily, quickly, and without cost barriers when they need it.
globalnews.ca/video/11891445…
I also spoke with @martinmacmahon for @ctvvancouver about FIFA's reusable water bottle ban. The key issue isn't the bottles; it's whether spectators can access water easily, quickly, and without cost barriers when they need it.
ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article…
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join us in celebrating all the amazing API people and cultures in our communities. 💛💚 #APIHeritageMonth @SimuLiu
And now we are here, the final night…This candle honors the physicians who kept lighting despite exhaustion, despite knowing that tomorrow looks exactly like today. The miracle was never the oil. It was the choice to keep going. doctorsonsocialmedia.com/lig… via @somedocs
Spoke w/ @pennydaflos re: influenza in BC
Get 💉Even if not perfect match, it still ⬇️the risk of severe illness.
Seek care for warning signs: trouble breathing, bluish lips, extreme lethargy, no tears or urine, seizures, fever that won’t⬇️w/💊, or worsening after improvement
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
Following today’s attack in Australia, our thoughts are with those affected and the communities impacted. We will be providing additional resources to ensure safety in the community, including the menorah lighting tonight at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Synagogues, Jewish schools and community centres will also have added police protection.
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
I say this as someone for whom this is my profession: elimination of a disease is not the same as eradication. When a country has eliminated measles, it means that cases still occur, but do not result in SUSTAINED ongoing outbreaks, because vaccination levels are high.
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Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
Canada has lost its measles elimination status...a sad milestone.
Now is the time to double down on lowering barriers to routine childhood immunizations and ensuring Canadians have access to credible, science-based information.
Link: tinyurl.com/c8nfxvk3
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
Serious warning to all Canadian physicians.
Scammers are calling hospital locating and getting through to MDs pretending they are the RCMP investigating stolen identity and illicit drugs with the prescribers College identity. @cpso_ca @OntariosDoctors @CMA_Docs @rcmpgrcpolice
I spoke with @globalbc this morning about respiratory virus season. 🦠
Flu, COVID & RSV are rising in BC. Get vaccinated to prevent serious illness, and wear a mask in crowded indoor spaces, on transit & in healthcare settings. 💉😷
globalnews.ca/video/11471676…
#bcpoli
Medical experts across the world and across specialties agree: acetaminophen is safe to use in pregnancy when used as directed.
As always, speak with your own physician about your own medical health concerns.
There is no conclusive evidence that using Acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Acetaminophen is safe in pregnancy.
@GovCanHealth
The American College of obstetrics and gynecology reiterates what we know: Acetaminophen use is safe in pregnancy.
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
happy super bowl sunday to theatre kids everywhere 💛 #TonyAwards
Dr. Anna Wolak retweeted
Summer camp operators are (rightfully) not permitting kids not vaccinated with MMR to attend their camps. This is sensible since one case of #measles can infect up to 20 others. The cause is lower rates of MMR vaccination increasing the number of susceptible people.
In the aftermath of the Lapu Lapu Festival tragedy, it's worth sharing that research suggests playing Tetris shortly after witnessing trauma may⬇️risk of PTSD by disrupting visual memory consolidation.Not a treatment,but could help survivors & witnesses. theconversation.com/can-play…