New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.

Let’s be clear. Healthcare is a human right. It is a foundation, like education that builds and sustains society. It should never be about profit and it never generates revenue. It’s about a patient’s needs & not a shareholder’s return. Anyone who tells you otherwise is stealing.

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.

I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.

Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

Five years ago today, Jan. 25, 2020, Canada's first case of SAR-CoV-2 was confirmed, a 50-year-old Toronto man who just returned from Wuhan, China. He was treated at Sunnybrook. Since then, more than 60,000 Canadians have died of #COVID19. www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

Ottawa friends, cautionary tale - flu has arrived. Thks to my trusty plus life device, was able to identify the cause of my icky - flu a. So shocked, I repeated the test three times. All to say, it’s flu a is here in the city.

Has it been 35 years? Now that I'm a parent, this hits even harder. Really, these young women were barely adults. Robbed of their futures.

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

We're announcing early, just in case H5N1 takes off.

BLACK FRIDAY MASK SALE!

Let's do this, Canada.

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