Sarah Jane 🇨🇦
@nurse-nomad.bsky.social
#Vaccines #STEM
Vancouver Island. RN.
Leftie and lefty. LGBTQ2+ ally. Humanist. Survivor. Oxford comma fan.
She/her
#science #medtwitter #vaccines
@bchumanist.ca
Vancouver Island. RN.
Leftie and lefty. LGBTQ2+ ally. Humanist. Survivor. Oxford comma fan.
She/her
#science #medtwitter #vaccines
@bchumanist.ca
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December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Just a reminder that measles virus is very infectious with one infected individual spreading it to (on average) 12-18 others in a susceptible population.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just a reminder that measles virus is very infectious with one infected individual spreading it to (on average) 12-18 others in a susceptible population.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
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The World Health Organization declared measles FULLY eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Twenty-five years later, and we've literally chosen to just say fuck science.
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
NC could see a measles outbreak soon. We talked to infectious disease experts
It’s very likely North Carolina will begin to see measles cases over the next few weeks, a UNC doctor said.
www.newsobserver.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The World Health Organization declared measles FULLY eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Twenty-five years later, and we've literally chosen to just say fuck science.
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
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Some practical info about measles from me, a pediatrician.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Some practical info about measles from me, a pediatrician.
Just heard on an audiobook: "requires hyperbolic oxygen". 😅
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just heard on an audiobook: "requires hyperbolic oxygen". 😅
Please sign this petition, to ensure the availability of public-access EpiPens in Canada:
c.org/F445p65YZD
c.org/F445p65YZD
Malakai’s Law - Ensure widespread access to EpiPens during emergencies
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Please sign this petition, to ensure the availability of public-access EpiPens in Canada:
c.org/F445p65YZD
c.org/F445p65YZD
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So tired of the "skeptic" language being applied to the MAHA antivaxxers.
Skeptics demand evidence, they don't deny it.
Skeptics champion the science, they don't cover it up.
Skeptics fight for the truth, they don't fabricate proof.
Skeptics demand evidence, they don't deny it.
Skeptics champion the science, they don't cover it up.
Skeptics fight for the truth, they don't fabricate proof.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So tired of the "skeptic" language being applied to the MAHA antivaxxers.
Skeptics demand evidence, they don't deny it.
Skeptics champion the science, they don't cover it up.
Skeptics fight for the truth, they don't fabricate proof.
Skeptics demand evidence, they don't deny it.
Skeptics champion the science, they don't cover it up.
Skeptics fight for the truth, they don't fabricate proof.
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Hey #Vancouver - feeling the giving spirit? The DEWC needs more gifts for the 200 holiday hampers. They made it easy - you can order online and ship directly to them.
Bring a little joy to someone
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social (maybe share?)
www.listful.com/dewc/list/de...
Bring a little joy to someone
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social (maybe share?)
www.listful.com/dewc/list/de...
Downtown Eastside Women's Centre's Wishlist | Listful
View Downtown Eastside Women's Centre's wishlist on Listful. Find the perfect gifts they actually want for birthdays, Christmas, and special occasions. Free wishlist sharing platform.
www.listful.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hey #Vancouver - feeling the giving spirit? The DEWC needs more gifts for the 200 holiday hampers. They made it easy - you can order online and ship directly to them.
Bring a little joy to someone
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social (maybe share?)
www.listful.com/dewc/list/de...
Bring a little joy to someone
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social (maybe share?)
www.listful.com/dewc/list/de...
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“measles is the most contagious known virus in the world and can hang in the air for hours”
111 cases and accelerating spread in SC
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
111 cases and accelerating spread in SC
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“measles is the most contagious known virus in the world and can hang in the air for hours”
111 cases and accelerating spread in SC
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
111 cases and accelerating spread in SC
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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COVID-19 vaccines prevented 76% of healthy kids ages 9 monthss to 4yr visit to ER or urgent care, 56% among children and adolescents aged 5–17 years, compared with those who did not receive a 2024–2025 vaccine. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
COVID-19 vaccines prevented 76% of healthy kids ages 9 monthss to 4yr visit to ER or urgent care, 56% among children and adolescents aged 5–17 years, compared with those who did not receive a 2024–2025 vaccine. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Yesterday, at work, new ED RN who had just done a superb job w a critical pt told me the ICU RN talked to him like he was an idiot when he gave her report. Me, "oh, no, she didn't! You saved that pt's brain! What was her name?" 😡
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yesterday, at work, new ED RN who had just done a superb job w a critical pt told me the ICU RN talked to him like he was an idiot when he gave her report. Me, "oh, no, she didn't! You saved that pt's brain! What was her name?" 😡
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Demand RFKjr's resignation. Immediately.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Demand RFKjr's resignation. Immediately.
I have been nursing for 37 years. I have never seen measles. I fear this will change very soon.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I have been nursing for 37 years. I have never seen measles. I fear this will change very soon.
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High school, ER among 3 new measles exposure sites in southern #Manitoba
Health officials ask those who might have been exposed to monitor for symptoms, check immunization records
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Health officials ask those who might have been exposed to monitor for symptoms, check immunization records
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
High school, ER among 3 new measles exposure sites in southern Manitoba | CBC News
Public health officials are warning people may have been recently exposed to measles at an emergency department, a school and a restaurant in southern Manitoba.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
High school, ER among 3 new measles exposure sites in southern #Manitoba
Health officials ask those who might have been exposed to monitor for symptoms, check immunization records
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Health officials ask those who might have been exposed to monitor for symptoms, check immunization records
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Acting CDER Director Tracy Beth Høeg is not wasting any time ensuring that babies are as vulnerable as possible to preventable diseases that kill them.
Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would face fresh safety scrutiny following concer...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Acting CDER Director Tracy Beth Høeg is not wasting any time ensuring that babies are as vulnerable as possible to preventable diseases that kill them.
Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Now she's going after preventive RSV meds based on unverified claims from an anti-vax blogger.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
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A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
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Dear Celeb Universe,
You can't "clean" your blood to make yourself younger. Seriously. No, no, no.
Sigh.
At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...
You can't "clean" your blood to make yourself younger. Seriously. No, no, no.
Sigh.
At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...
At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment
The music mogul claims a blood-filtering procedure, plus diet and lifestyle changes, has lowered his biological age
www.menshealth.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Dear Celeb Universe,
You can't "clean" your blood to make yourself younger. Seriously. No, no, no.
Sigh.
At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...
You can't "clean" your blood to make yourself younger. Seriously. No, no, no.
Sigh.
At 66, Simon Cowell Says He’s 'Ageing Backwards' After Trying This Controversial Blood Treatment www.menshealth.com/uk/health/a6...
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SCIENCE SAVES LIVES.
Overall pediatric cancer survival rate increased from 63% in mid 1970s to 87%‼️between 2015 & 2021.
And this isn’t due to supplements, eating better or avoiding red food dye.
It’s due to science & industry working together to develop & approve therapies!
Overall pediatric cancer survival rate increased from 63% in mid 1970s to 87%‼️between 2015 & 2021.
And this isn’t due to supplements, eating better or avoiding red food dye.
It’s due to science & industry working together to develop & approve therapies!
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
SCIENCE SAVES LIVES.
Overall pediatric cancer survival rate increased from 63% in mid 1970s to 87%‼️between 2015 & 2021.
And this isn’t due to supplements, eating better or avoiding red food dye.
It’s due to science & industry working together to develop & approve therapies!
Overall pediatric cancer survival rate increased from 63% in mid 1970s to 87%‼️between 2015 & 2021.
And this isn’t due to supplements, eating better or avoiding red food dye.
It’s due to science & industry working together to develop & approve therapies!
Worked in ER today. In a 1st for me, an admitted pt (inpt, no inpt bed available, so staying in ER) ordered a bottle of booze on a delivery app. And it was duly delivered to their room in the ER. 🤷♂️
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Worked in ER today. In a 1st for me, an admitted pt (inpt, no inpt bed available, so staying in ER) ordered a bottle of booze on a delivery app. And it was duly delivered to their room in the ER. 🤷♂️
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Concur.
Whose advice should US parents follow since ACIP is no longer legitimate?
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
My answer is in the article below.
“I would follow the American Academy of Pediatrics advice, as well as the Vaccine Integrity Project…The one group I wouldn’t trust is ACIP”.
@cidrap.bsky.social
CDC panel debates hepatitis B vaccine for newborns at a contentious meeting
Confusion among recently appointed panel members delayed the vote after a day of discussion
cen.acs.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Concur.
Exactly! This is what I think of every time the federal or provincial govt makes a grand announcement about a new facility. "Oh, yeah, where are the nurses/MDs/NPs/rad techs/lab techs coming from?"
Unless we have trained medical experts to STAFF these new buildings, this is meaningless.
Canada’s new government is investing in new health infrastructure across the country — to help build hospitals, emergency rooms, and urgent care centres Canadians rely on.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exactly! This is what I think of every time the federal or provincial govt makes a grand announcement about a new facility. "Oh, yeah, where are the nurses/MDs/NPs/rad techs/lab techs coming from?"
Just recalling overhearing a young nurse, at work in ER a few weeks ago, asking another nurse, "who's Edmund Fitzgerald?".
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Just recalling overhearing a young nurse, at work in ER a few weeks ago, asking another nurse, "who's Edmund Fitzgerald?".
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Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
November 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
David Bowie
Spirit of the West
Gogol Bordello
Five Alarm Funk (x5)
Roots Roundup
David Bowie
Spirit of the West
Gogol Bordello
Five Alarm Funk (x5)
Roots Roundup
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Bruce Springsteen (x46)
The Rolling Stones (x3)
The Who (x2)
James Taylor (x2)
Tom Petty (x2)
Bruce Springsteen (x46)
The Rolling Stones (x3)
The Who (x2)
James Taylor (x2)
Tom Petty (x2)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
David Bowie
Spirit of the West
Gogol Bordello
Five Alarm Funk (x5)
Roots Roundup
David Bowie
Spirit of the West
Gogol Bordello
Five Alarm Funk (x5)
Roots Roundup