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  1. Advocacy opportunity 📣 BC's Finance committee is now accepting written feedback on what to include in BC's 2027 budget. This is a critical chance to tell policy-makers to support clean air, Long COVID care, testing, wastewater monitoring and more.

    Learn how to submit your written feedback at donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-20 - and find some sample answers you can use to make it easier! In past years, budget feedback has resulted in some notable successes - including a 2024 commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding.

    This year's feedback deadline is 2 pm (Pacific Time) on Friday, June 19. Note that if you're already scheduled to present directly to the finance committee, you do *not* need to do a written submission as well.

    #BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCHealthcare #CleanTheAir #CleanAirEverywhere #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver

  2. Advocacy opportunity 📣 BC's Finance committee is now accepting written feedback on what to include in BC's 2027 budget. This is a critical chance to tell policy-makers to support clean air, Long COVID care, testing, wastewater monitoring and more.

    Learn how to submit your written feedback at donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-20 - and find some sample answers you can use to make it easier! In past years, budget feedback has resulted in some notable successes - including a 2024 commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding.

    This year's feedback deadline is 2 pm (Pacific Time) on Friday, June 19. Note that if you're already scheduled to present directly to the finance committee, you do *not* need to do a written submission as well.

    #BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCHealthcare #CleanTheAir #CleanAirEverywhere #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver

  3. This seems a bit alarmist, given that the ‘leaked memo’ is simply a letter written to the Health Minister, on behalf of a particular group; in itself it doesn’t signal an acceptance of their proposal by the government—I’m also wary of it because of the date of publication (Apr 1), although it doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that makes for a good prank.

    However, we do need to remain vigilant of attempts by faith-based healthcare providers insinuating themselves into our public healthcare as this is already happening in Alberta.

    Allowing faith-based healthcare providers into our public system opens the door to the denial of certain services or procedures on ‘moral’ grounds. This is unacceptable and contrary to the central premise of ‘universal’ healthcare.

    #BCHealthcare #SecularHealthcare #ChristoFascism #BCHumanistAssociation
    bchumanist.ca/apr_1_2026

  4. RE: kamloops.social/@local/1157989

    Everyone that had scheduled your emergencies for tonight will now have to reschedule them for tomorrow.

    #BCHealthcare #InteriorHealth

  5. RE: kamloops.social/@local/1157875

    Yeah… So if you could contain your emergencies to just regular business hours, that’d be great.

    #MissionBC #BCHealthCare #BCPoli

  6. RE: kamloops.social/@local/1157875

    Yeah… So if you could contain your emergencies to just regular business hours, that’d be great.

    #MissionBC #BCHealthCare #BCPoli

  7. Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

    Join us to demand:

    📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
    💨 Clean air measures
    💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
    🧪 Access to COVID tests
    😷 N95s for healthcare workers
    🏥 Improved Long Covid care

    Visit donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-c to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

    #BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

  8. Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

    Join us to demand:

    📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
    💨 Clean air measures
    💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
    🧪 Access to COVID tests
    😷 N95s for healthcare workers
    🏥 Improved Long Covid care

    Visit donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-c to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

    #BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

  9. Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

    Join us to demand:

    📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
    💨 Clean air measures
    💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
    🧪 Access to COVID tests
    😷 N95s for healthcare workers
    🏥 Improved Long Covid care

    Visit donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-c to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

    #BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

  10. Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

    Join us to demand:

    📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
    💨 Clean air measures
    💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
    🧪 Access to COVID tests
    😷 N95s for healthcare workers
    🏥 Improved Long Covid care

    Visit donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-c to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

    #BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

  11. Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

    Join us to demand:

    📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
    💨 Clean air measures
    💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
    🧪 Access to COVID tests
    😷 N95s for healthcare workers
    🏥 Improved Long Covid care

    Visit donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-c to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

    #BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

  12. Hearts Based #Education and #AntiColonial #Learning in #Healthcare (H.E.A.L) Project is using the #arts to combat #HealthcareBiases.

    “The H.E.A.L. #HealthcareProject provides #SystemicChange that is long overdue. I often think about the extractive ways that we talk about #CulturalSensitivity and #CulturalCompetency,” said Nicole Halbauer, H.E.A.L. Healthcare Project Manager.

    The project will use #poetry, #storytelling, and #VisualArts to better understand patient experiences with a goal of #humanizing the healthcare system by bringing together #FirstNations #creators and #activists based in #PrinceGeorge.

    They will work to create #ArtsBased and #AntiOppressive learning materials for healthcare staff including #nurses and #doctors.

    The #FreeLessons will be available on the H.E.A.L Healthcare website.

    The program is being organized by the Health Arts Research Centre in partnership with the Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health.

    The project is part of the federal government’s plan to create better and safer health systems for Indigenous people with $126.7 million being committed to the project over three years.

    healhealthcare.ca/

    #BCHealthCare #BCPublicHealth #IndigenousLed #MedicalCare #StopSystematicRacism #decolonialism

  13. Hearts Based #Education and #AntiColonial #Learning in #Healthcare (H.E.A.L) Project is using the #arts to combat #HealthcareBiases.

    “The H.E.A.L. #HealthcareProject provides #SystemicChange that is long overdue. I often think about the extractive ways that we talk about #CulturalSensitivity and #CulturalCompetency,” said Nicole Halbauer, H.E.A.L. Healthcare Project Manager.

    The project will use #poetry, #storytelling, and #VisualArts to better understand patient experiences with a goal of #humanizing the healthcare system by bringing together #FirstNations #creators and #activists based in #PrinceGeorge.

    They will work to create #ArtsBased and #AntiOppressive learning materials for healthcare staff including #nurses and #doctors.

    The #FreeLessons will be available on the H.E.A.L Healthcare website.

    The program is being organized by the Health Arts Research Centre in partnership with the Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health.

    The project is part of the federal government’s plan to create better and safer health systems for Indigenous people with $126.7 million being committed to the project over three years.

    healhealthcare.ca/

    #BCHealthCare #BCPublicHealth #IndigenousLed #MedicalCare #StopSystematicRacism #decolonialism

  14. *Me, my Mom & my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in #BritishColumbia who have been on the #WaitingList for a new family #doctor since our previous GPs retired.*

    When the province introduced its #HealthConnectRegistry in 2021, we were told this would help #patients to find a #FamilyPhysician.

    About 900,000 #BritishColumbians have no doctor, and while the #Health Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new #physicians, that number has remained fairly constant for years.

    Yet the #inability of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.

    More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or #medical condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.

    timescolonist.com/opinion/edit

    #BCpoli #PublicHealth #WeNeedFamilyDoctors #FireBonnieHenry #HealthCareCrisis #BChealthCare #StopEugenics #BCPublicHealth #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCgovernment #HealthCareFailures #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #FamilyPhysicians #WeNeedDoctors #OathbreakerBonnie #BootBonnieHenry #CDNpoli

  15. *Me, my Mom & my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in #BritishColumbia who have been on the #WaitingList for a new family #doctor since our previous GPs retired.*

    When the province introduced its #HealthConnectRegistry in 2021, we were told this would help #patients to find a #FamilyPhysician.

    About 900,000 #BritishColumbians have no doctor, and while the #Health Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new #physicians, that number has remained fairly constant for years.

    Yet the #inability of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.

    More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or #medical condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.

    timescolonist.com/opinion/edit

    #BCpoli #PublicHealth #WeNeedFamilyDoctors #FireBonnieHenry #HealthCareCrisis #BChealthCare #StopEugenics #BCPublicHealth #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCgovernment #HealthCareFailures #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #FamilyPhysicians #WeNeedDoctors #OathbreakerBonnie #BootBonnieHenry #CDNpoli

  16. The first #COVID19 #data released by the #BritishColumbia for #Disease Control since the official end of the province's #PublicHealthEmergency shows #hospitalizations decreasing, but still near their highs for the year.

    There were 175 test-positive #COVID patients in #BChospitals as of Thursday, according to the #BCCDC. That's down from 204 at the start of last month, but still the fourth-highest total of 2024, and more than double the 76 people #hospitalized at this time last year.

    The BCCDC's most recent update showed 368 new, lab-confirmed #COVIDinfections in the province, though that number significantly #underestimates the spread of the #virus because most people in the province do not qualify for lab-based testing.

    bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/175-in-ho

    #BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives #AdrianDix #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #EugenistBonnieHenry #CapitalistCovidFailures

  17. The first #COVID19 #data released by the #BritishColumbia for #Disease Control since the official end of the province's #PublicHealthEmergency shows #hospitalizations decreasing, but still near their highs for the year.

    There were 175 test-positive #COVID patients in #BChospitals as of Thursday, according to the #BCCDC. That's down from 204 at the start of last month, but still the fourth-highest total of 2024, and more than double the 76 people #hospitalized at this time last year.

    The BCCDC's most recent update showed 368 new, lab-confirmed #COVIDinfections in the province, though that number significantly #underestimates the spread of the #virus because most people in the province do not qualify for lab-based testing.

    bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/175-in-ho

    #BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives #AdrianDix #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #EugenistBonnieHenry #CapitalistCovidFailures

  18. From @thetyee

    Gregory said the database is a good idea for some diseases, in particular for some vaccines that do protect people from infection. But when it comes to COVID-19, he said, the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission.

    “Relying on vaccinations as the measure of whether people are likely or not to transmit [COVID] to vulnerable patients is a very dangerous strategy,” Gregory said.

    Instead, he added, it would be best if everyone wore masks in public health settings whenever possible.

    Mitigation measures such as properly worn N95s, HEPA air filtration, ventilation and avoiding high-risk areas like indoor crowded spaces are “all variant proof,” Gregory said. “No variant has evolved to circumvent an N95.”

    thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/No-

    #BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #Covid19 #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Covid #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives

  19. From @thetyee

    Gregory said the database is a good idea for some diseases, in particular for some vaccines that do protect people from infection. But when it comes to COVID-19, he said, the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission.

    “Relying on vaccinations as the measure of whether people are likely or not to transmit [COVID] to vulnerable patients is a very dangerous strategy,” Gregory said.

    Instead, he added, it would be best if everyone wore masks in public health settings whenever possible.

    Mitigation measures such as properly worn N95s, HEPA air filtration, ventilation and avoiding high-risk areas like indoor crowded spaces are “all variant proof,” Gregory said. “No variant has evolved to circumvent an N95.”

    thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/No-

    #BCPublicHealth #BChealthCare #FireBonnieHenry #BCNDP #CovidIsNotOver #Covid19 #ZeroCovid #C19 #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #Covid #Medical #Health #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #OathbreakerBonnie #CovidCrisis #CovidEugenics #EugenicsIsNotHealthCare #DisabledLivesMatter #PeopleWithDisabilities #PublicHealth #CDNpoli #MaskUp #WearAMask #N95sSaveLives

  20. B.C. Health Ministry targets Northeast staffing shortages with new incentives energeticcity.ca/2024/06/10/b- “B.C. #HealthMinistry targets #NortheastBC staffing shortages with new incentives
    The #MinistryofHealth is working to increase #HealthcareWorker coverage for the province’s northeast region with incentive programs and temporary workers.” #BCHealthcare #RuralHealth