Nick Tsergas
@nicktsergas.ca
Editor, @CanadaHealthwatch.ca
Reporting and analysis on the forces shaping Canada’s health system.
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Reporting and analysis on the forces shaping Canada’s health system.
Read my stuff >> know more stuff: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter
📁 https://muckrack.com/nicktsergas
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More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
The Canadian Medical Association has not posted on X since March 2025 & I’m so proud our leaders made the call. Things have only gotten worse since.
Misogyny has been built into tech forever because it replicates the way we live, and it's a money maker. We need cultural change and the time to start was yesterday. Or twenty years ago. And the time for Canadian officials to get off X is now
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
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Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal globalnews.ca/news/1160665...
Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada’s AI minister Evan Solomon responds to X.com child sexual abuse material scandal with a statement on X, says more action coming on digital privacy.
globalnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Canadian government still using X amid platform’s child sex abuse material scandal globalnews.ca/news/1160665...
More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
The Canadian Medical Association has not posted on X since March 2025 & I’m so proud our leaders made the call. Things have only gotten worse since.
Misogyny has been built into tech forever because it replicates the way we live, and it's a money maker. We need cultural change and the time to start was yesterday. Or twenty years ago. And the time for Canadian officials to get off X is now
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
More institutions are deciding some platforms are no longer worth inhabiting.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
There’s a point where “staying to reach people” becomes "being shaped by the venue." This threshold passes silently.
By the time the platform is shaping your tone and incentives, your decision is already made.
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Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/doctors-fear-cdc-vaccine-recommendation-changes-will-fuel-vaccine-hesitancy-in-canada/
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/doctors-fear-cdc-vaccine-recommendation-changes-will-fuel-vaccine-hesitancy-in-canada/
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Even in a near-perfect world where 95% of people vaccinate, there will still be fallout from what's happening in the US now.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
The less a virus circulates, the fewer chances it has to evolve.
More spread ➡️ more replication ➡️ more mutation ➡️ higher chance of immune escape.
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Artificial intelligence begins prescribing medications in Utah www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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COVID still killing roughly 100,000 Americans per year: CDC scientists https://gizmodo.com/covid-19-is-still-killing-a-disturbing-number-of-americans-study-finds-2000705483
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January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COVID still killing roughly 100,000 Americans per year: CDC scientists https://gizmodo.com/covid-19-is-still-killing-a-disturbing-number-of-americans-study-finds-2000705483
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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New documents show while the University of Alberta was under mass budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and a 100% cut to child care funding, the president was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel
Expenses have doubled since he took office
Expenses have doubled since he took office
U of A president's expenses higher than previous president and other institutions - The Gateway
President and Vice-chancellor Bill Flanagan spent $506,901.01 on travel and hospitality in his first term, higher than other presidents.
thegatewayonline.ca
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
New documents show while the University of Alberta was under mass budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and a 100% cut to child care funding, the president was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel
Expenses have doubled since he took office
Expenses have doubled since he took office
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
This annual survey from the Canadian Medical Association has important (and often sobering) data about the state of our information landscape. Well worth attending:
Join us February 10, 2026 in Ottawa or online for the launch our 2026 Health & Media Tracking Survey results with the Empire Club of Canada. We’ll examine the growing influence of health misinformation and the actions needed to respond.
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This annual survey from the Canadian Medical Association has important (and often sobering) data about the state of our information landscape. Well worth attending:
Reposted by Nick Tsergas
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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In February 2025, @nicktsergas.ca and I warned Canada to prepare for the anticipated influx of physicians immigrating north.
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
Paging Canada: Your future doctors are fleeing the U.S.
Before the US election, my wife and I talked about moving to Canada. 2 days after, we put the wheels in motion.
canadahealthwatch.ca
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In February 2025, @nicktsergas.ca and I warned Canada to prepare for the anticipated influx of physicians immigrating north.
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
The time has come, and Canada is finally ready. Thanks to all Canadians who helped make this happen. 🇨🇦
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Now now killer fungus
We are BUSY
We are BUSY
Killer fungus becoming more infectious and spreading worldwide https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/candida-auris-fungus-infection-symptoms-b2892497.html
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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January 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Now now killer fungus
We are BUSY
We are BUSY
Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
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But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Paying people for plasma feels unethical.
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
But Canada already gets ~80% of its plasma from the U.S. where the system is far more exploitative.
We can't pretend there’s a standard of Canadian moral purity that we haven’t already broken.
from @torontotoday.ca
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
Wild to see my article become BMJ’s biggest piece of the year. I want to be clear about something going forward:
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
1/2
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
1/2
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
“Our biggest hit of the year, Nick Tsergas ’s fascinating piece on “immunity theft” or why what we think we know about the lockdowns of the covid-19 pandemic reducing our immunity to other diseases is possibly wrong. “
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Wild to see my article become BMJ’s biggest piece of the year. I want to be clear about something going forward:
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
1/2
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
1/2
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Mehmet Oz recently visited the American Medical Association (AMA), where he threatened doctors to get in line, saying, “When the music stops and everyone has to sit down, guess who doesn’t get a chair? You.”
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Why the AMA’s actions are raising alarms
Something is breaking inside of American medicine.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mehmet Oz recently visited the American Medical Association (AMA), where he threatened doctors to get in line, saying, “When the music stops and everyone has to sit down, guess who doesn’t get a chair? You.”
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
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December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
With the U.S. threatening to take over the Arctic island, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she shared the federal government's full support for the sovereignty of Greenland in a conversation with the Danish foreign minister.
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
Anita Anand stands up for Greenland’s sovereignty
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
For Canadians just joining Bluesky who want to find more more Canada🍁 🇨🇦 content, @nicktsergas.ca has some excellent Starter Packs.
You can find Starter Packs by going to a person’s profile page and left-scrolling the ‘Posts, Replies, Media…’ menu at the top until you get to Starter Packs.
You can find Starter Packs by going to a person’s profile page and left-scrolling the ‘Posts, Replies, Media…’ menu at the top until you get to Starter Packs.
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Watching Ghostbusters Christmas it’s awesome. Haha
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Watching Ghostbusters Christmas it’s awesome. Haha
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Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout.
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout.
@canadahealthwatch.ca
@canadahealthwatch.ca
The U.S. is weaponizing global health aid.
Countries that agree to incarcerate "deportees" get deals. Those that don’t get cut off.
CECOT is the prototype.
Countries that agree to incarcerate "deportees" get deals. Those that don’t get cut off.
CECOT is the prototype.
After dismantling USAID, U.S. turns health aid into transactional leverage in Africa https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/us-signs-new-health-deals-with-9-african-countries-that-mirror-trumps-priorities/
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. is weaponizing global health aid.
Countries that agree to incarcerate "deportees" get deals. Those that don’t get cut off.
CECOT is the prototype.
Countries that agree to incarcerate "deportees" get deals. Those that don’t get cut off.
CECOT is the prototype.
The Health & Media Tracking Survey examines how misinformation shapes public understanding and health behaviours.
It’s one of few consistent national instruments we have to track how Canadians experience the health information environment.
Feb 10: Ottawa (in person) or online.
It’s one of few consistent national instruments we have to track how Canadians experience the health information environment.
Feb 10: Ottawa (in person) or online.
Join us February 10, 2026 in Ottawa or online for the launch our 2026 Health & Media Tracking Survey results with the Empire Club of Canada. We’ll examine the growing influence of health misinformation and the actions needed to respond.
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
Register here 👇
bit.ly/4oQmQsi
#HMTS2026
December 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Health & Media Tracking Survey examines how misinformation shapes public understanding and health behaviours.
It’s one of few consistent national instruments we have to track how Canadians experience the health information environment.
Feb 10: Ottawa (in person) or online.
It’s one of few consistent national instruments we have to track how Canadians experience the health information environment.
Feb 10: Ottawa (in person) or online.
AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling
[Ottawa – December 1, 2025] As AI tools become cheaper and harder to detect, non-probability, opt-in polls are becoming more vulnerable to synthetic respondents. This deck looks at what’s hap…
www.ekospolitics.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
This is a genuinely important genetics paper. It suggests many psychiatric diagnoses we treat as distinct are biologically entangled.
It should force a rethink of our diagnostic categories. It also creates new risks.
1/3
It should force a rethink of our diagnostic categories. It also creates new risks.
1/3
Supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions may have same root causes https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507900-supposedly-distinct-psychiatric-conditions-may-have-same-root-causes/
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𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is a genuinely important genetics paper. It suggests many psychiatric diagnoses we treat as distinct are biologically entangled.
It should force a rethink of our diagnostic categories. It also creates new risks.
1/3
It should force a rethink of our diagnostic categories. It also creates new risks.
1/3