Thomas Piggott MD PhD
@twpiggott.bsky.social
Medical Officer of Health & CEO @phlakelands.bsky.social researcher @hei_mcmaster | dad, doctor, dreamer
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Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, you’re dead wrong. Better questions to ask are how to improve it and which complimentary tools can best help.
UN climate summits are an arena of politics worthy of your attention
Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, I’m here to tell you you’re de...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, you’re dead wrong. Better questions to ask are how to improve it and which complimentary tools can best help.
Lest We Forget their service and sacrifices so we could enjoy democracy and freedom over fascism and tyranny.
Given modern day threats to democracy and peace around the world, Remembering is more important than ever.
Given modern day threats to democracy and peace around the world, Remembering is more important than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Lest We Forget their service and sacrifices so we could enjoy democracy and freedom over fascism and tyranny.
Given modern day threats to democracy and peace around the world, Remembering is more important than ever.
Given modern day threats to democracy and peace around the world, Remembering is more important than ever.
Countries can no longer rely on US supply chains for the provision of essential medicines.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
U.S. pushes drugmakers to reveal confidential details of contracts with Canada, other countries
Washington turning up pressure on manufacturers to lower U.S. drug prices and raise them elsewhere
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Countries can no longer rely on US supply chains for the provision of essential medicines.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
My parents did an amazing job fostering a love of curiosity and science - Something I still deeply value and love and want for my kids to this day.
📸 science fair c Gr 4. Told my parents I wanted to study the staining effect of pop on teeth. They helped me shake down local dentists until I got 4 🦷
📸 science fair c Gr 4. Told my parents I wanted to study the staining effect of pop on teeth. They helped me shake down local dentists until I got 4 🦷
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My parents did an amazing job fostering a love of curiosity and science - Something I still deeply value and love and want for my kids to this day.
📸 science fair c Gr 4. Told my parents I wanted to study the staining effect of pop on teeth. They helped me shake down local dentists until I got 4 🦷
📸 science fair c Gr 4. Told my parents I wanted to study the staining effect of pop on teeth. They helped me shake down local dentists until I got 4 🦷
This is heartbreaking. We have 🇨🇦 seen deaths, and an uncontrolled outbreak, and now lost elimination status after nearly 3 decades having it and almost 6 decades of work to eliminate measles.
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada loses measles elimination status, federal officials announce | CBC News
Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Monday.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is heartbreaking. We have 🇨🇦 seen deaths, and an uncontrolled outbreak, and now lost elimination status after nearly 3 decades having it and almost 6 decades of work to eliminate measles.
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Reposted by Thomas Piggott MD PhD
Reposted by Thomas Piggott MD PhD
#Ptbo city council awards $1.12 million low-barrier shelter contract to One City Peterborough. Less than five months after rejecting expanded drop-in program funding for One City's Trinity Community Centre, council has reversed course. kawarthanow.com/2025/11/03/p...
Peterborough city council awards $1.12 million low-barrier shelter contract to One City Peterborough | kawarthaNOW
By Bruce Head. Less than five months after rejecting expanded drop-in program funding for One City's Trinity Community Centre, council has reversed course.
kawarthanow.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#Ptbo city council awards $1.12 million low-barrier shelter contract to One City Peterborough. Less than five months after rejecting expanded drop-in program funding for One City's Trinity Community Centre, council has reversed course. kawarthanow.com/2025/11/03/p...
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Just look at the stats from the most recent #Tuberculosis in Canada report (released Oct 2025, but covering 2023).
It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000.
Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000...
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000.
Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000...
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just look at the stats from the most recent #Tuberculosis in Canada report (released Oct 2025, but covering 2023).
It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000.
Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000...
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000.
Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000...
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...
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Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination
Never really thought I’d feel the morning after pride as a Blue Jays fan, but even with the hard loss feeling grateful to live in the safe and peaceful country that is 🇨🇦
Great work and run Blue Jays - your heart and effort made us proud!
Great work and run Blue Jays - your heart and effort made us proud!
LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Never really thought I’d feel the morning after pride as a Blue Jays fan, but even with the hard loss feeling grateful to live in the safe and peaceful country that is 🇨🇦
Great work and run Blue Jays - your heart and effort made us proud!
Great work and run Blue Jays - your heart and effort made us proud!
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North American kids deserve better
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
Neither country has been able to stop continuous spread of the highly contagious virus within the past year.
www.nbcnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
North American kids deserve better
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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American billionaires have been shameless in trying to buy off Donald Trump with trinkets, baubles, and outright bribes.
By sacrificing his long-held beliefs on climate change (and giving the bad-faith skeptics a win), Bill Gates topped them all. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
By sacrificing his long-held beliefs on climate change (and giving the bad-faith skeptics a win), Bill Gates topped them all. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
Bill Gates bends the knee on climate change
The Microsoft mega-billionaire's new letter on climate change claims to tell "tough truths". What it really does is display the same easy cowardice that has come to define America's corporate leadersh...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
American billionaires have been shameless in trying to buy off Donald Trump with trinkets, baubles, and outright bribes.
By sacrificing his long-held beliefs on climate change (and giving the bad-faith skeptics a win), Bill Gates topped them all. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
By sacrificing his long-held beliefs on climate change (and giving the bad-faith skeptics a win), Bill Gates topped them all. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...
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More on the scandal that is inadequate occupational health and safety protections for wildfire firefighters.
Our workers need to be protected. in Health care and the worsening climate crisis.
Respirator masks for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our workers need to be protected. in Health care and the worsening climate crisis.
Respirator masks for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
12 Hours in the Smoke
Across the country, wildfire fighters work for weeks at a time in poisonous smoke. The government says they are protected. We tested the air at one fire to find out why they are still dying.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
More on the scandal that is inadequate occupational health and safety protections for wildfire firefighters.
Our workers need to be protected. in Health care and the worsening climate crisis.
Respirator masks for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our workers need to be protected. in Health care and the worsening climate crisis.
Respirator masks for all.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Game time 🎃 carving
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Game time 🎃 carving
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Waiting gor my Covid and flu vaccines @twpiggott.bsky.social . Thanks for your work. #PTBO #selfcare #selflove #vaccineswork #igottheshots2025
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Waiting gor my Covid and flu vaccines @twpiggott.bsky.social . Thanks for your work. #PTBO #selfcare #selflove #vaccineswork #igottheshots2025
Respiratory protection for me & family ✅
Influenza Vaccine ✅
COVID-19 Vaccine ✅
RSV Vaccine - not for me, but great protection for newborns and 75yrs+
Influenza Vaccine ✅
COVID-19 Vaccine ✅
RSV Vaccine - not for me, but great protection for newborns and 75yrs+
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Respiratory protection for me & family ✅
Influenza Vaccine ✅
COVID-19 Vaccine ✅
RSV Vaccine - not for me, but great protection for newborns and 75yrs+
Influenza Vaccine ✅
COVID-19 Vaccine ✅
RSV Vaccine - not for me, but great protection for newborns and 75yrs+
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Thomas Piggott MD PhD
Former BC Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe lays it out with great clarity in this very worthwhile Fifth Estate episode @cbcnews.ca
Not only are there no standards with regards to what happens at residential treatment, there are no reported outcome measures.
youtu.be/wY_a8kkLRD4?...
Not only are there no standards with regards to what happens at residential treatment, there are no reported outcome measures.
youtu.be/wY_a8kkLRD4?...
The dark side of private rehab | Full episode | the fifth estate
YouTube video by the fifth estate
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October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Former BC Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe lays it out with great clarity in this very worthwhile Fifth Estate episode @cbcnews.ca
Not only are there no standards with regards to what happens at residential treatment, there are no reported outcome measures.
youtu.be/wY_a8kkLRD4?...
Not only are there no standards with regards to what happens at residential treatment, there are no reported outcome measures.
youtu.be/wY_a8kkLRD4?...
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@twpiggott.bsky.social is now encouraging people to get flu shots, COVID-19 shots (for prevention of severe disease - and to prevent symptoms of long COVID), and RSV vaccines too (they're available for infants at birth now).
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@twpiggott.bsky.social is now encouraging people to get flu shots, COVID-19 shots (for prevention of severe disease - and to prevent symptoms of long COVID), and RSV vaccines too (they're available for infants at birth now).
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@twpiggott.bsky.social says this is a new health unit for generations to come.
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@twpiggott.bsky.social says this is a new health unit for generations to come.
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It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership
Shawanaga First Nation gathers to help endangered bats | The Narwhal
In Ontario’s Georgian Bay region, Shawanaga First Nation leads an effort to protect little brown myotis bats
thenarwhal.ca
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership
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Yep.
Canada's measles outbreak control challenged by disinformation and distrust, doctors say www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
@antibioticdoc.bsky.social: "strongly organized disinformation campaigns about the measles vaccine have left some people feeling scared..."
Canada's measles outbreak control challenged by disinformation and distrust, doctors say www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
@antibioticdoc.bsky.social: "strongly organized disinformation campaigns about the measles vaccine have left some people feeling scared..."
It’s been a year since Canada’s measles outbreak started. What have we learned? | CBC News
A year since measles started raging in Canada, the outbreak's subsided, but the virus shows no signs of being stamped out. Doctors say problems here — from distrust of medical officials in vulnerable...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yep.
Canada's measles outbreak control challenged by disinformation and distrust, doctors say www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
@antibioticdoc.bsky.social: "strongly organized disinformation campaigns about the measles vaccine have left some people feeling scared..."
Canada's measles outbreak control challenged by disinformation and distrust, doctors say www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
@antibioticdoc.bsky.social: "strongly organized disinformation campaigns about the measles vaccine have left some people feeling scared..."
Sent this to all of my 🇺🇸 friends with a PS Go Jays Go
Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sent this to all of my 🇺🇸 friends with a PS Go Jays Go