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Dr Paul Mackey
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Rural FP anesthetist formerly of Fort St John, BC, Canada. Trained in Aus and UK. Now doing rural locums in Canada. Blessed to live, work and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people.
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Yes! They’re designed for high latitudes with essentially endless summer. But in spring sunlight reflecting off snow onto the back panels can add up to 30% more electricity
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“The experiment, funded by a $1.3 million grant from the Energy Department, was planned as a three-year project. The researchers received funds for one year of planning and one year of planting, but have not had a response from the federal government regarding money for next year.”
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“Without the implicit threat of state violence, without the bravery of offering up a comically unprotected body as a target for real violence, tactical frivolity can devolve into little more than entertainment.”
Silly inflatable costumes are taking over anti-Trump protests. What are they actually saying?
Whimsical frogs and unicorns have become mascots of the resistance – but it’s easy for tactical frivolity to devolve into entertainment
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GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study of MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.
I think I’d also recently read about Norway using them for the same reason.
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Good job BC. I’m one of them too! Keeping safe. Keeping my loved ones safer too.
#bcvaccination “first week 458,000 immunizations were provided Nearly 203,000 COVID-19 immunizations and 255,000 influenza immunizations were provided by pharmacy teams.

The previous records were Oct 21-28, 2024 with 397,000 immunizations and Oct 15-20, 2024, with 370,000.”
““He let his guard down. He was comfortably slumped on a sofa. Anyone can make mistakes,” the source said.”

Hmmm… if the RCMP commissioner makes “mistakes” they’re “despicable” but Poilievre… is just… well..?

“Relaxed” = showing who he really is under the mask.
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Proud to be one of them!!
#BCVaccination “first week 458,000 immunizations were provided Nearly 203,000 COVID-19 immunizations and 255,000 influenza immunizations were provided by pharmacy teams.

The previous records were Oct 21-28, 2024 with 397,000 immunizations and Oct 15-20, 2024, with 370,000.”
#BCVaccination “first week 458,000 immunizations were provided Nearly 203,000 COVID-19 immunizations and 255,000 influenza immunizations were provided by pharmacy teams.

The previous records were Oct 21-28, 2024 with 397,000 immunizations and Oct 15-20, 2024, with 370,000.”
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💥The shingles vaccine might be one of the most underrated health moves after 50.💥

New large study(174K pts):
▪️ 50% lower risk of vascular dementia
▪️ 27% fewer blood clots
▪️ 25% lower risk of heart attack or stroke
▪️ 21% lower risk of dying early
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #SciSky 🧪 #NurseSky #IDSky