Dr. Natasha Collia (Dr. Tash)
@drtashofficial.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇮🇹🩺 Peds ER Physician 🤝🏾Pediatric Health/Parent Advocate 📚IG @dr.tash.official 🎙️ 🎥🚑 Trauma/SIM Education Lead 🎓 U of T assistant professor 🐶 Proud puppy mom x2📍Endorsements are my own
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A little louder for the folks in the back:
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
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The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
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December 9, 2024 at 2:31 AM
A little louder for the folks in the back:
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
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Helsinki started with a big #homelessness problem and solved it. Toronto can do it too, by learning lessons from Finland. www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... via @thestar.com #sdoh #HousingFirst
Toronto can end tents in parks: Here’s a city that solved street homelessness — and how we can do it too
Helsinki started with a big homelessness problem and they've effectively solved it. Experts say their model could be adapted for Canada's largest city, if we're ready to be bold.
www.thestar.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Helsinki started with a big #homelessness problem and solved it. Toronto can do it too, by learning lessons from Finland. www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor... via @thestar.com #sdoh #HousingFirst
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Cases of whooping cough in Ontario highest since 2007 www.thestar.com/news/cases-o... via @torontostar
Cases of whooping cough in Ontario highest since 2007
More than 1,400 cases of whooping cough have been reported in Ontario so far this year. The figures show the highly contagious disease is particularly affecting youth ages 10-14.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Cases of whooping cough in Ontario highest since 2007 www.thestar.com/news/cases-o... via @torontostar
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Coalition for Gun Control Welcomes Action by the Government of Canada to Implement New Regulations for Bill C-21
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Coalition for Gun Control Welcomes Action by the Government of Canada to Implement New Regulations for Bill C-21
OTTAWA, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On the eve of the 35
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December 7, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Coalition for Gun Control Welcomes Action by the Government of Canada to Implement New Regulations for Bill C-21
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“One born every minute”?
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Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
Influencers posing as medical experts are exploiting the lack of easy solutions for PCOS by selling fake cures.
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December 8, 2024 at 5:04 AM
“One born every minute”?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week
The world will be “unable to cope” with the sheer volume of plastic waste a decade from now unless…
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November 24, 2024 at 9:03 AM
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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November 22, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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What’s Killing Kids? Shockingly high childhood mortality rate in U.S. driven by #GunViolence, motor vehicles, drugs, #drowning and #COVID19, by Emily Baumgaertner www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b... via @nytimes.com
What’s Killing Kids?
We explore America’s childhood death rate.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
What’s Killing Kids? Shockingly high childhood mortality rate in U.S. driven by #GunViolence, motor vehicles, drugs, #drowning and #COVID19, by Emily Baumgaertner www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b... via @nytimes.com
I’ll just leave this….. right here 🤣😭
November 20, 2024 at 6:44 AM
I’ll just leave this….. right here 🤣😭
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Grace Hospital's ER saw nearly double patient capacity in overcrowding 'catastrophe,' doctor says
Winnipeg ER had 52 active patients Sunday, despite 30-patient capacity: Dr. Doug Eyolfson
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Winnipeg ER had 52 active patients Sunday, despite 30-patient capacity: Dr. Doug Eyolfson
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Grace Hospital's ER saw nearly double patient capacity in overcrowding 'catastrophe,' doctor says | CBC News
Dr. Doug Eyolfson says Grace's ER was built to handle 30 active patients, but that number surged to 52 on Sunday — with another 40 people in the waiting room. He said some people waiting for a bed were left on stretchers in the hallways.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Grace Hospital's ER saw nearly double patient capacity in overcrowding 'catastrophe,' doctor says
Winnipeg ER had 52 active patients Sunday, despite 30-patient capacity: Dr. Doug Eyolfson
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winnipeg ER had 52 active patients Sunday, despite 30-patient capacity: Dr. Doug Eyolfson
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM
One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
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He, like others in the MAHA gang including Calley and Casey Means & RFK Jr., don’t understand, care about, or want to improve health.
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The Congressional "American Health and Nutrition Roundtable" was an egregious display of anti-science disinformation
Legislators platforming pseudoscience personalities under the guise of "health advocacy" is an insulting distraction from REAL issues that impact people's health.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:49 AM
He, like others in the MAHA gang including Calley and Casey Means & RFK Jr., don’t understand, care about, or want to improve health.
Read more ⬇️
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Read more ⬇️
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As media rumors that Marty Makary might be head of FDA: he lies about health topics.
He claims pancreatic cancer has doubled in the last 20 years: WRONG.
In 1992, the rate of pancreatic cancer diagnoses was 11.1 per 100,000 people. In 2021, 30 years later, the rate was 13.2 cases per 100,000.
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He claims pancreatic cancer has doubled in the last 20 years: WRONG.
In 1992, the rate of pancreatic cancer diagnoses was 11.1 per 100,000 people. In 2021, 30 years later, the rate was 13.2 cases per 100,000.
1/
November 20, 2024 at 2:45 AM
As media rumors that Marty Makary might be head of FDA: he lies about health topics.
He claims pancreatic cancer has doubled in the last 20 years: WRONG.
In 1992, the rate of pancreatic cancer diagnoses was 11.1 per 100,000 people. In 2021, 30 years later, the rate was 13.2 cases per 100,000.
1/
He claims pancreatic cancer has doubled in the last 20 years: WRONG.
In 1992, the rate of pancreatic cancer diagnoses was 11.1 per 100,000 people. In 2021, 30 years later, the rate was 13.2 cases per 100,000.
1/
Best tips on how to motivate oneself to go in for an overnight shift when these two faces are starring at you?Aaaaand… Go! 👇🏾
November 20, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Best tips on how to motivate oneself to go in for an overnight shift when these two faces are starring at you?Aaaaand… Go! 👇🏾
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
What in the wild wild US of A is going on? I didn’t think it could get any worse… but it did! 🫣🫣 Someone make it stop!
Scientific American on Dr. Oz in 2021:
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:09 AM
What in the wild wild US of A is going on? I didn’t think it could get any worse… but it did! 🫣🫣 Someone make it stop!
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Scientific American on Dr. Oz in 2021:
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
Dr. Oz Shouldn't Be a Senator--or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Scientific American on Dr. Oz in 2021:
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
“Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse.”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/dr-o...
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We are being conned on a mass scale.
“A digital marketing firm abroad ran two of the largest anti-vax, pro-trucker groups, feeding disinformation into the movement while posing as grassroots supporters. Foreign propaganda is threatening our democracy.”
“A digital marketing firm abroad ran two of the largest anti-vax, pro-trucker groups, feeding disinformation into the movement while posing as grassroots supporters. Foreign propaganda is threatening our democracy.”
Pierre Poilievre’s rage-baiting and empty slogans aren’t what Canada needs
Canada risks electing dubious Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre based on little more than catchy slogans and voter fatigue.
cultmtl.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
We are being conned on a mass scale.
“A digital marketing firm abroad ran two of the largest anti-vax, pro-trucker groups, feeding disinformation into the movement while posing as grassroots supporters. Foreign propaganda is threatening our democracy.”
“A digital marketing firm abroad ran two of the largest anti-vax, pro-trucker groups, feeding disinformation into the movement while posing as grassroots supporters. Foreign propaganda is threatening our democracy.”
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Emergency Dept. Closures Plague Canada’s Emergency Medical Care
ACEP Now
By Larry Beresford | on November 6, 2024
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ACEP Now
By Larry Beresford | on November 6, 2024
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Emergency Dept. Closures Plague Canada’s Emergency Medical Care - ACEP Now
ACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency medicine physician. ACEP Now is an...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Emergency Dept. Closures Plague Canada’s Emergency Medical Care
ACEP Now
By Larry Beresford | on November 6, 2024
www.acepnow.com/article/emer...
ACEP Now
By Larry Beresford | on November 6, 2024
www.acepnow.com/article/emer...
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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You can now watch our press conference on climate and health at #COP29.
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Tobacco regulations curtailed smoking ads and lobbying. We need similar refs applied to the fossil fuel industry.
Treat fossil fuels like Big tobacco.
unfccc.int/event/climai...
Tobacco regulations curtailed smoking ads and lobbying. We need similar refs applied to the fossil fuel industry.
Treat fossil fuels like Big tobacco.
November 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM
You can now watch our press conference on climate and health at #COP29.
unfccc.int/event/climai...
Tobacco regulations curtailed smoking ads and lobbying. We need similar refs applied to the fossil fuel industry.
Treat fossil fuels like Big tobacco.
unfccc.int/event/climai...
Tobacco regulations curtailed smoking ads and lobbying. We need similar refs applied to the fossil fuel industry.
Treat fossil fuels like Big tobacco.
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As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working
After working for years in an understaffed hospital, I've hit a wall of burnout
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After working for years in an understaffed hospital, I've hit a wall of burnout
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FIRST PERSON | As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working | CBC News
Dr. Sarah Giles wants you to know she's sorry that patients are suffering because of staffing shortages in health care. But she's learned that working longer hours won't solve the problem. In fact, it could have led her to leave the profession altogether.
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November 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
As a rural ER doctor, I feel guilty cutting back my hours. But it's the only way for me to keep working
After working for years in an understaffed hospital, I've hit a wall of burnout
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After working for years in an understaffed hospital, I've hit a wall of burnout
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...