Thomas Piggott MD PhD
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Medical Officer of Health & CEO @phlakelands.bsky.social researcher @hei_mcmaster | dad, doctor, dreamer
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🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll

RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation."

"...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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This was last year, so what do I go as a scary speed camera 📷 this year 🎃 ?
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Mixed feelings about the heat today: having dinner outside with insect repellant and worried about next summer

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“If we don’t want people using drugs outside you have to give them a safe place to use. If you don’t want them on the street, we need to give them housing.”
Brandon of @4bharmredux.bsky.social on Cross Country Checkup.
#CareIsNotCoerced
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Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? | CBC Radio
Checkup wants to know: Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? When - if ever - should it be mandatory?
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nationalobserver.com
David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, but he isn't grieving her death.

He’s grieving she never got to see the big changes to the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature and must be reformed.
Jane Goodall died before the world caught up, Suzuki says
David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, and said he isn't grieving her death — he's grieving the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature have not been changed th...
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10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.

Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.

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A crowd of MSF staff with the logo MSF Pakistan stands with Kunduz
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It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?
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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h... @pambelluck.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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Long Covid has affected at least 1.3 percent of people under 18, or about one million American children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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This will now be held on facebook.com/PHLakelands
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Today at noon and recording up after!
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WHO @who.int · 10d
Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
Abortion is healthcare. Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.
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Today, September 28, marks five years since Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman, died in a Quebec hospital after she was denied the care she needed. A coroner’s inquest confirmed that racism and prejudice were factors in her death.
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Happy Pride Peterborough/Nogojiwanong.
After a wonderful morning up in Curve Lake learning about manoomin at the Manoominkewin Gathering, it was nice to celebrate Pride parade and Pride in the park. ♥️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🤎🩵💜
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If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism.

Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼

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The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great
On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.
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Your Friday reminder to dance, be silly and joyful.
There’s too much doom for more gloom ❤️
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I should add, I think it is FANTASTIC that Environmental Health makes reviewer comments available, because while this is clearly an epic screw-up, the mechanism is in place for correcting this error. Let's see if the self-correcting mechanisms of research that we are all so proud kick in...