Ms. Que BanhAug 14

Reminder to #MaskUpSaveLives.

More than #covid is #airborne - #measles is airborne too. Also, with #wildfires & folks with pollen allergy issues - wearing a mask helps with not getting super sick, especially if others also mask up. You're guaranteed only one life - don't fuck it up by simply refusing to #MaskUp

https://flipboard.com/@ottawacititzen/ottawa-news-1u5c7nbiz/-/a-_rzWotBrTAOBzfNsL_7o8w%3Aa%3A2439373826-%2F0

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/measles

#Contagious #Health #Medical #CDNpoli #BCpoli #FireBonnieHenry #Preventative #BeProactive #DoBetter #TakeAction #YallStillMasking #ProtectCommunity #CommunityHealth #HealthFirst #Rubeola #Preventable #FactSheet #Science

Ottawa Hospital, public health warn of possible measles exposures in the city

Officials from The Ottawa Hospital are notifying staff, physicians and in-patients who might have been exposed to measles after a case was identified …

ottawacitizen.com - Elizabeth Payne
Cosmic LibrarianJun 30

Old diseases are new again, thanks to RFK,Jr. and changes in vaccine policy...

New docs get schooled in old diseases as vax rates fall

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is adding a new twist to its curriculum for medical students and residents, using AI tools and learning modules to teach how to more quickly identify measles rashes on different skin tones.

Dr. Paul Offit knows his stuff...I got to hear him speak and met him several years ago when I worked with vaccines. Now we are setting disease prevention back decades.

#vaccines #preventable diseases #medicaltraining

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/new-docs-get-schooled-in-old-diseases-as-vax-rates-fall

New docs get schooled in old diseases as vax rates fall

It's a grim reminder that diseases once thought to have been eradicated are showing up with increased frequency.

Axios
Show threadNonilexJun 28

…Some Americans know the reality of these #preventable #diseases all too well. For them, news of #measles outbreaks & rising #WhoopingCough cases brings back terrible memories of lives forever changed – & a longing to spare others from similar pain.

[I can speak to this personally. The Spanish Influenza (which BTWs did not originate in Spain — much like #Trump labeled #COVID “the China virus”) orphaned my grandmother as a toddler killing both her parents & her baby sister.]

#vaccines #RFKJr

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSJun 18
Info from @medpagetoday shows the #inhumanity of the current US gov't: #Medicaid cuts passed by #HouseOfRepresentatives would result in 8,000 to 25,000 #preventable #deaths annually, #research shows. Cuts also would mean 1.3 million people will go w/o needed #meds. https://tinyurl.com/57728x2u
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Result in Thousands of Preventable Deaths, Study Finds

Study also shows 1.3 million would forego their medications after losing coverage

Dendrobatus AzureusMay 6

Processing the loss of my little cousin, who died Sunday in a traffic 🚦 incident. The tragic thing is that my little cousin was racing with a friend of his without wearing proper motorcycle PPE, category racing. On top of that he was racing on public roads not on a racetrack.

Since the speed was high and proper PPE was not worn, the result was deadly for him

He was only twenty-one

Sigh 😔

@stefano

@Timpostma

#LossofLife #family #PPE #tragic #preventable #permanent #death

Show thread☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 28

Day 29 ⚕️🚒🏥

“Royal Flying Doctor Service Federation chief executive #EmmaBuchanan said more than 32,000 people across the country did not have access to a #GP within a 60-minute drive.

More than 100,000 people do not have access to #MentalHealth resources.

"We know that people who live in very #RemoteAreas are likely to die 14 years earlier to their urban counterparts and that they're dying from causes that are largely #preventable,"

#AusPol / #medical / #resources / #RFDS / #RuralHealth / #Labor / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/gp-shortage-rural-communities-queensland-federal-election-2025/105205838>

Towns with no doctors say election health proposals a 'bandaid' approach

Rural Queensland residents who are travelling up to 180 kilometres to see a doctor say they are disappointed with the lack of focus on health this federal election.

ABC News
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Mar 17

#Preventable

From: @chad
https://mstdn.ca/@chad/114176172664402634

Chad :mstdn: 🇨🇦 (@chad@mstdn.ca)

I'm getting deja vu... Two cases of measles in Edmonton spurs health alert | CTV Edmonton #yeg #alberta #measles #pandemic https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/two-cases-of-measles-in-edmonton-spurs-health-alert/

Mastodon Canada
Christian KentJan 28

“This tragedy will have been #preventable” https://youtu.be/yjfrJzdx7DA

Some solid gold served up by the YouTube algorithm from The Onion, 17 years ago #theonion

Memorial Honors Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

YouTube
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSJan 3
“ #Alcohol is a leading #preventable cause of #cancer, and alcoholic beverages should carry a warning label as packs of cigarettes do, the U.S. surgeon general said on Friday.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/health/alcohol-surgeon-general-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU4.qOlq.NWzLFFBeVNQw&smid=url-share
U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol

Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act.

The New York Times
Farista SairuvDec 13, 2024
“In the #last #ten #years, hundreds of #children have been #killed undertaking this #journey. These deaths are as #preventable and #unnecessary as they are #tragic. Since 2014, at #least 2,508 #people have died in the #Eastern #Mediterranean #Sea.” #migration #migrants #refugeeswelcome #refugees #asylum
https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/second-deadly-shipwreck-aegean-sea-week-claims-lives-two-more-children
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Dendrobatus AzureusMay 6

Processing the loss of my little cousin, who died Sunday in a traffic 🚦 incident. The tragic thing is that my little cousin was racing with a friend of his without wearing proper motorcycle PPE, category racing. On top of that he was racing on public roads not on a racetrack.

Since the speed was high and proper PPE was not worn, the result was deadly for him

He was only twenty-one

Sigh 😔

@stefano

@Timpostma

#LossofLife #family #PPE #tragic #preventable #permanent #death

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@Dendrobatus_Azureus @stefano @Timpostma

My condolences.

As an avid motorcyclist, I find something would need to be done about and for adrenaline junkies killing themselves and others on public roads.

If anybody gave half a shit and was willing to spend any money (which is a false assumption), I'd recommend a three-pronged approach:

- Firstly, you'd need inescapable and certain sanctions for idiots

- Secondly, you'd need to indoctrinate riders to enjoy their bikes in a way that emphasizes control rather than twisting the throttle, see: motogymkana.

- Thirdly, notice I used the word "junkies", because some people are just that. What do we do with junkies? We make sure they have "needle exchange", i.e. safe and well-mantained local racing tracks where they can go and be idiots on their mopeds, with an ambulance at ready.

Unfortunately, it seems like most small-to-medium tracks that popped up in the 60s, 70s are closing down.
Parking lot on Sundays are no longer an option since malls and supermarkets are open 24:7.

Nick Ienatsch wrote a famous piece 30 years ago: https://www.musiccity-doc.org/Articles/ThePace2.html
Show threadDendrobatus AzureusMay 6

@somedude @stefano @Timpostma

Thank you for your input

I'm reading the article as we speak

https://www.musiccity-doc.org/Articles/ThePace2.html

🦋💙#Lobi 💙🦋

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@Dendrobatus_Azureus @stefano I am really sorry for your loss