Nick Tsergas
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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
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...
We often treat measles immunity as a solved problem: "Childhood vaccination = lifelong protection"
Might be a lazy assumption.
A new Lancet study shows a slow, steady decline in measles antibody levels over the years.
Does our “once in childhood is enough” thinking still fit the evidence?
Might be a lazy assumption.
A new Lancet study shows a slow, steady decline in measles antibody levels over the years.
Does our “once in childhood is enough” thinking still fit the evidence?
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We often treat measles immunity as a solved problem: "Childhood vaccination = lifelong protection"
Might be a lazy assumption.
A new Lancet study shows a slow, steady decline in measles antibody levels over the years.
Does our “once in childhood is enough” thinking still fit the evidence?
Might be a lazy assumption.
A new Lancet study shows a slow, steady decline in measles antibody levels over the years.
Does our “once in childhood is enough” thinking still fit the evidence?
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November 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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I know you don't write the headlines, André, but this one reads as quite credulous when halfway down the article, Jones says this:
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I know you don't write the headlines, André, but this one reads as quite credulous when halfway down the article, Jones says this:
PHAC really doesn't like the word "epidemic" for some reason.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
PHAC really doesn't like the word "epidemic" for some reason.
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Yep. Those ethical conflicts, they sure are underscored.
(Humans don't write like that)
(Humans don't write like that)
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yep. Those ethical conflicts, they sure are underscored.
(Humans don't write like that)
(Humans don't write like that)
And how, exactly (one wonders), is a statement such as this made with this level of certitude?
That whole novel pathogen concept was just lost on so many people. As science communicators, we need to do a better job of clarifying it for people. Any ideas?
That whole novel pathogen concept was just lost on so many people. As science communicators, we need to do a better job of clarifying it for people. Any ideas?
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And how, exactly (one wonders), is a statement such as this made with this level of certitude?
That whole novel pathogen concept was just lost on so many people. As science communicators, we need to do a better job of clarifying it for people. Any ideas?
That whole novel pathogen concept was just lost on so many people. As science communicators, we need to do a better job of clarifying it for people. Any ideas?
Imagining ebola ripping through the US a year from now
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Imagining ebola ripping through the US a year from now
Loblaws still up to shenanigans.
July 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Loblaws still up to shenanigans.
Hey, I built a desktop app that lets you download video and audio files from *most websites* with basically zero friction.
No ads, spyware, or sketchy web-redirects.
Sends stuff straight to your Downloads folder.
Should work on Windows *and* Mac.
Free to use.
I need beta testers. Any takers?
No ads, spyware, or sketchy web-redirects.
Sends stuff straight to your Downloads folder.
Should work on Windows *and* Mac.
Free to use.
I need beta testers. Any takers?
July 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hey, I built a desktop app that lets you download video and audio files from *most websites* with basically zero friction.
No ads, spyware, or sketchy web-redirects.
Sends stuff straight to your Downloads folder.
Should work on Windows *and* Mac.
Free to use.
I need beta testers. Any takers?
No ads, spyware, or sketchy web-redirects.
Sends stuff straight to your Downloads folder.
Should work on Windows *and* Mac.
Free to use.
I need beta testers. Any takers?
It's time we return to the old ways.
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It's time we return to the old ways.
Ask: How will they know?
May 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Ask: How will they know?
The thing I really want people to understand is that this doesn't stop at the U.S. border. 📎 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
We're watching the public emergence of a global surveillance dragnet. And if you have a data fingerprint, you're in it.
(See follow-up skeet)
We're watching the public emergence of a global surveillance dragnet. And if you have a data fingerprint, you're in it.
(See follow-up skeet)
May 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The thing I really want people to understand is that this doesn't stop at the U.S. border. 📎 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
We're watching the public emergence of a global surveillance dragnet. And if you have a data fingerprint, you're in it.
(See follow-up skeet)
We're watching the public emergence of a global surveillance dragnet. And if you have a data fingerprint, you're in it.
(See follow-up skeet)
May 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good to go! Oh yeah, and the rickroll link is just in case anyone from Meta comes sniffin' around
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Good to go! Oh yeah, and the rickroll link is just in case anyone from Meta comes sniffin' around
Marjorie Michel is in as PM Carney's new Minister of Health.
A veteran campaign strategist, her selection may signal a more confrontational dynamic with provinces on pharmacare and Canada Health Act enforcement — as promised in the Liberals' election platform. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
A veteran campaign strategist, her selection may signal a more confrontational dynamic with provinces on pharmacare and Canada Health Act enforcement — as promised in the Liberals' election platform. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
May 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Marjorie Michel is in as PM Carney's new Minister of Health.
A veteran campaign strategist, her selection may signal a more confrontational dynamic with provinces on pharmacare and Canada Health Act enforcement — as promised in the Liberals' election platform. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
A veteran campaign strategist, her selection may signal a more confrontational dynamic with provinces on pharmacare and Canada Health Act enforcement — as promised in the Liberals' election platform. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
Oh man I messed up. Our poor devs..
Back soon guys 🥲
Back soon guys 🥲
May 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Oh man I messed up. Our poor devs..
Back soon guys 🥲
Back soon guys 🥲
