B.C. teen first in world to be cured of rare disease through gene editing treatment | Vancouver Sun https://vancouversun.com/health/b-c-teen-first-in-world-to-be-cured-of-rare-disease-through-gene-editing-treatment
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Auscandoc
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Rural FP anesthetist formerly of Fort St John, BC, Canada. Trained in Aus and UK. Now doing rural locums in Canada.
Blessed to live, work and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people.
#Science and #Medicine Twitter was invaluable to me as the guy at the pointy end of "if you have questions ask your doctor".
But also appreciate links to #music, #art, #photography, health equity and many other things #fedi22
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I Don’t Recognize Alberta Anymore - Macleans.ca https://macleans.ca/politics/i-dont-recognize-alberta-anymore/ #AlbertaSeparatists “They ignore the immense challenges of independence…. Are they so lacking in self-awareness that they can’t see they’re making Alberta look like a laughingstock to the rest of the country?.. I want to yell from the sidewalk as people sign the petition that they are being played by people who are destroying the country for their own gain.”
And just like that, everyone in B.C. is suddenly an expert in circadian rhythms, longitude, chronometry and pineal glands.
Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure - The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext “Politicians are known to break promises, but Kennedy's record, 1 year in, has been a failure by most measures, especially his own.” #RFKJ #VaccinesSaveLives /2
Scientists Create Powerful New Form of Aluminum That Could Replace #RareEarthMetals https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-powerful-new-form-of-aluminum-that-could-replace-rare-earth-metals/ “A central achievement of the research is the first reported example of a cyclotrialumane. This compound consists of three #aluminum atoms linked together in a triangular arrangement. The three-atom structure shows an unusual level of reactivity while remaining intact when dissolved in different solutions.” #Science
TheMoment a Canadian teen set a cricket world record | CBC.ca https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7104877 “Canadian cricket player Yuvraj Samra, 19, tells The National about the moment he became the youngest player to score more than 100 runs in a cricket innings at the #T20WorldCup in India.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/opinion/growing-up-unvaccinated.html
“We like to believe that facts are enough. But research shows that giving people more data rarely convinces them; instead, it’s empathetic conversations and trusted messengers that can reduce vaccine hesitancy. My mom chose not to vaccinate me because she heard stories of danger. I was compelled to vaccinate because I trusted people who shared stories of protection.” #Vaccination
#FortStJohn seniors worry over delayed long-term care home expansion | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-seniors-worry-care-home-delays-9.7105219 “Little says the number of people waiting for long-term care has increased 200% over the last decade, while the average wait time for a bed increased to 290 days” #RuralHealth #BCPoli #BCHealthcare #NorthernHealth
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-doctors-say-they-havent-been-contacted-about-er-band-aid-plan/ “The premier and Minister Jones both were given those cases of some examples of deaths and near misses, and they haven’t even acknowledged receipt of them /2
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/conservative-party-of-canada-votes-to-axe-the-tax-build-the-homes-lose-all-the-future-elections/
“I would like to thank my party for its belief in my inability to resist immediately attacking everything the Prime Minister says like an enraged chihuahua, my insistence on having our slogans written by three word AI Mad Libs,” #CanPoli
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@SnowshadowII A really hard document to read on the phone.
Don’t have time or place to read in more detail just now.
B.C. coroner calls inquest into #TumblerRidge mass shooting - Vancouver Sun https://apple.news/ApueQCL1cRCeV2JMBtwAI_g
A long but worthwhile read as to how MAHA has usurped “Shared Decision Making” in their anti-health agenda.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jakescottmd/p/when-the-default-is-inaction?r=roppe
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@jks @Setok @holothuroid These are all so good.
Certainly more polite than my “send me a f##%ing transcript so I can scroll past all the useless nonsense”. 🙃
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And he sometimes got it wrong…