Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
@ebmyeg.bsky.social
Evidence-based medicine, ethics of uncertainty, medical ethics, professional ethics, drug policy ethics, and the ethics of advocacy. Anesthesiologist. Pediatric palliative care. Weaver. Quilter. Being kind is an act of defiance.
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Reposted by Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
If someone says “gender ideology” one more time like it means something, I’m going to lose my mind.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If someone says “gender ideology” one more time like it means something, I’m going to lose my mind.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
Stop pretending like there’s not an entire scientific literature on gender identity and gender dysphoria.
They’re trying to ban the teaching of that scientific literature.
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Hospitals collapsing guaranteed:
💥>100 people have been hospitalized with influenza
💥1st influenza death confirmed
💥36 COVID-19 deaths so far
💥COVID-19 > associated risks of hospitalization and death
💥hospitals and EDs run at about 100% ALL the time
@pfparks.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
💥>100 people have been hospitalized with influenza
💥1st influenza death confirmed
💥36 COVID-19 deaths so far
💥COVID-19 > associated risks of hospitalization and death
💥hospitals and EDs run at about 100% ALL the time
@pfparks.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
First flu death of the season in Alberta amid warnings about potentially tough months ahead | CBC News
Alberta has marked its first influenza death of this year's flu season, after last year's season proved the deadliest in more than a decade.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hospitals collapsing guaranteed:
💥>100 people have been hospitalized with influenza
💥1st influenza death confirmed
💥36 COVID-19 deaths so far
💥COVID-19 > associated risks of hospitalization and death
💥hospitals and EDs run at about 100% ALL the time
@pfparks.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
💥>100 people have been hospitalized with influenza
💥1st influenza death confirmed
💥36 COVID-19 deaths so far
💥COVID-19 > associated risks of hospitalization and death
💥hospitals and EDs run at about 100% ALL the time
@pfparks.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The only reason we surrender complete freedom from interference (and our taxes) to a system of government is that it serves the people and makes our lives overall better and more secure.
The social safety net and protection of human rights are primary goods that the governments should deliver.
The social safety net and protection of human rights are primary goods that the governments should deliver.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The only reason we surrender complete freedom from interference (and our taxes) to a system of government is that it serves the people and makes our lives overall better and more secure.
The social safety net and protection of human rights are primary goods that the governments should deliver.
The social safety net and protection of human rights are primary goods that the governments should deliver.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Read this.
This is a column by a conservative political scientist who clearly articulates that the premature invocation of the notwithstanding clause is a violation of the “Lougheed Doctrine”.
How powers are used matter.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
This is a column by a conservative political scientist who clearly articulates that the premature invocation of the notwithstanding clause is a violation of the “Lougheed Doctrine”.
How powers are used matter.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Like me, many Albertans are caught in the middle between those who defend and oppose the government at all costs.
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Fortunately, Peter Lougheed provided us with guidelines for how to approach these issues.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Healthcare provision is an essentially moral activity because it should be an "other focused" activity with a goal to alleviate suffering and improve well being. Intentions and outcomes matter.
It requires leadership who have a strong moral compass.
1/2
It requires leadership who have a strong moral compass.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Healthcare provision is an essentially moral activity because it should be an "other focused" activity with a goal to alleviate suffering and improve well being. Intentions and outcomes matter.
It requires leadership who have a strong moral compass.
1/2
It requires leadership who have a strong moral compass.
1/2
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Vaccines are in investment in health. They save lives, they help reduce serious outcomes when we do get sick, they protect the vulnerable, and they reduce stress on our hospitals.
Economically, a healthy population shows up to work, increasing productivity.
Funding vaccines is a win-win.
Economically, a healthy population shows up to work, increasing productivity.
Funding vaccines is a win-win.
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Vaccines are in investment in health. They save lives, they help reduce serious outcomes when we do get sick, they protect the vulnerable, and they reduce stress on our hospitals.
Economically, a healthy population shows up to work, increasing productivity.
Funding vaccines is a win-win.
Economically, a healthy population shows up to work, increasing productivity.
Funding vaccines is a win-win.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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“Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable; together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.”
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable; together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.”
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yeg #yegcc #abpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Reposted by Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
“What’s killing people? It’s not decriminalization, it’s not prescription programs, it’s the unregulated toxic drug supply fueled by organized crime” - Guy Felicella.
“There’s a lot of counterfeit drugs on the street, a lot of counterfeit prescription drugs on the street."
tinyurl.com/4a3s754v
“There’s a lot of counterfeit drugs on the street, a lot of counterfeit prescription drugs on the street."
tinyurl.com/4a3s754v
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“What’s killing people? It’s not decriminalization, it’s not prescription programs, it’s the unregulated toxic drug supply fueled by organized crime” - Guy Felicella.
“There’s a lot of counterfeit drugs on the street, a lot of counterfeit prescription drugs on the street."
tinyurl.com/4a3s754v
“There’s a lot of counterfeit drugs on the street, a lot of counterfeit prescription drugs on the street."
tinyurl.com/4a3s754v
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live your life such that, when you die, your obit doesn't need a whole section on how you didn't credit your colleagues in general or how you stole data from a female scientist in particular
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
live your life such that, when you die, your obit doesn't need a whole section on how you didn't credit your colleagues in general or how you stole data from a female scientist in particular
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No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...
No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals
The national flu immunisation programme for 2025 to 2026 slideset Professor John Robertson OBA The above is from the Over 5 million under 65s with a long-term health condition could miss out flu va…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...
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Reposted by Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
One of our (newly elected) City Council's first orders of business was to *unanimously* approve $1 million to expand access to day shelter space in Edmonton. 👏🏻
Here's our op-ed from last month on why this is so needed. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc
Here's our op-ed from last month on why this is so needed. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc
Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go
Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.
edmontonjournal.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
One of our (newly elected) City Council's first orders of business was to *unanimously* approve $1 million to expand access to day shelter space in Edmonton. 👏🏻
Here's our op-ed from last month on why this is so needed. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc
Here's our op-ed from last month on why this is so needed. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
#yegcc
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“when one fundamental freedom is denied, it is possible to imagine other fundamental freedoms being denied, including our own “freedom of conscience and religion.”
The church is condemning the use of tge notwithstanding clause.
edmonton.anglican.ca/news/stateme...
The church is condemning the use of tge notwithstanding clause.
edmonton.anglican.ca/news/stateme...
Statement by Bishop Stephen
Dear Friends in Christ,
Greetings. I have not issued many public letters in my ministry as Bishop. However, with the Provincial Government’s use of the Notwithstanding Clause to send teachers back to ...
edmonton.anglican.ca
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“when one fundamental freedom is denied, it is possible to imagine other fundamental freedoms being denied, including our own “freedom of conscience and religion.”
The church is condemning the use of tge notwithstanding clause.
edmonton.anglican.ca/news/stateme...
The church is condemning the use of tge notwithstanding clause.
edmonton.anglican.ca/news/stateme...
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Judy Waytiuk : Pierre Poilievre’s maple MAGA methodology
"Lie. Distort facts until they no longer resemble reality. Spew campaign-style slogans with not a shred of supporting policy plan details."
#media #pp #poilievre #mapleMaga
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
"Lie. Distort facts until they no longer resemble reality. Spew campaign-style slogans with not a shred of supporting policy plan details."
#media #pp #poilievre #mapleMaga
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Poilievre’s maple MAGA methodology
The guy standing behind Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the news conference (his public safety critic, Frank Caputo) bore a profoundly unsettling, heavyset resemblance to Trump acolyte Stephen...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Judy Waytiuk : Pierre Poilievre’s maple MAGA methodology
"Lie. Distort facts until they no longer resemble reality. Spew campaign-style slogans with not a shred of supporting policy plan details."
#media #pp #poilievre #mapleMaga
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
"Lie. Distort facts until they no longer resemble reality. Spew campaign-style slogans with not a shred of supporting policy plan details."
#media #pp #poilievre #mapleMaga
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
If the NDP trigger a federal election....
I will never support them.
It's the last thing our country needs right now.
That's it. That's my post.
I will never support them.
It's the last thing our country needs right now.
That's it. That's my post.
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If the NDP trigger a federal election....
I will never support them.
It's the last thing our country needs right now.
That's it. That's my post.
I will never support them.
It's the last thing our country needs right now.
That's it. That's my post.
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Doctors fleeing Quebec for Ontario, New Brunswick over controversial Bill 2
#onpoli #qcpoli #nbpoli #healthcare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aI...
#onpoli #qcpoli #nbpoli #healthcare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aI...
Doctors fleeing Quebec for Ontario, New Brunswick over controversial Bill 2
YouTube video by Global News
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October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Doctors fleeing Quebec for Ontario, New Brunswick over controversial Bill 2
#onpoli #qcpoli #nbpoli #healthcare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aI...
#onpoli #qcpoli #nbpoli #healthcare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aI...
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Reposted by Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides:
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
• The Labour Relations Code;
• The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act;
• The Alberta Bill of Rights;
• The Alberta Human Rights Act;
• The Education Act.
All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
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Using the notwithstanding clause to strip away human rights is an attack on democracy and must be fought with everything we've got. It started with the SaskParty's Bill-137 and now it's Alberta with Bill-2. This is rising authoritarianism (a la USA) and we need to call it out for what it is.
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Using the notwithstanding clause to strip away human rights is an attack on democracy and must be fought with everything we've got. It started with the SaskParty's Bill-137 and now it's Alberta with Bill-2. This is rising authoritarianism (a la USA) and we need to call it out for what it is.