For Jude For Everyone – Let's Talk About The Flu

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Five years ago today we lost Jude to influenza B.

Five years ago today we lost Jude to influenza B. He failed to develop immunity from his flu shot and local immunization rates are low.

Today I got my first dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine, and that could save someone else's family.

Like the flu, everyone who gets COVID-19 gets it from someone else. Your choice to get vaccinated doesn't only help protect you, it protects everyone you might come in contact with. No vaccine is a guarantee, but they're our best first defense. Thank you for doing your part.

This year has been hard and we've lost a lot. When we get control of COVID-19 we'll get to start making up for lost time, but we'll never get our lost loved ones and neighbours back. We have more work to do. Get your COVID-19 vaccine, stay home unless essential, wear a mask.

And please support vaccine equity. We only get through this together and we need to do better protecting people who are at the highest risk of exposure and spread. We're getting there. Let's support plans that get as many of us safely through this as possible.

It will never be okay that Jude is gone. He is missing from everything we do and that doesn't get better. It's been hard this year to watch so many Canadians lose their lives and loved ones. There's never a good time to lose someone, but COVID-19 has made everything harder.

We miss you, buddy. You deserved more time, and so does everyone who's still here.

A lot has changed this year. It's all for you.

#ForJudeForEveryone

T-shirt from thisisourshot.ca/. They're working to build vaccine confidence throughout Canada, and all proceeds go to KidsHelpPhone.

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📢 Peel residents in these hot spot postal codes

📢 Peel residents in these hot spot postal codes! 📢 Everyone 18+ can book tomorrow (Monday, May 3) at 8am.

L4T, L4W, L4X, L4Z
L5A, L5B, L5C, L5K, L5L, L5M, L5N, L5R, L5V, L5W
L6P, L6R, L6S, L6T, L6V, L6W, L6X, L6Y, L6Z
L7A, L7C

https://covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/

There are a lot of vaccines available, but there will also be a lot of demand all at once. Be patient, try with only one browser, and if you're 40+ please know that you can access vaccine appointments today through these options. Thank you to everyone for doing your part.

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Merry Christmas to friends and neighbours celebrat

Merry Christmas to friends and neighbours celebrating everywhere!

This year is different, and I know it's hard. But it won't always be like this. This year we make the choice to celebrate apart, so next year we'll all be able to be together again, and no one will be missing.

If you're still planning to visit with loved ones for Christmas this year, it isn't too late to reconsider. We've seen this year how private parties, weddings, and even small gatherings have resulted in outbreaks. Vaccines are on the way. Please don't let Christmas be the reason someone you love or someone else's loved one won't be here next year.

Check in with friends and loved ones who may be having a quieter day and missing connections. Take every step you can to stay safe and reduce risk, but remember to show the people in your life how much you care.

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Please stay well, and thank you for being here with us through these years.

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6 years ago I took the boys to make their ornament

6 years ago I took the boys to make their ornaments.

We had everything.

4 years ago we hung up Jude's ornament without him.

Someone's life may depend on the choices you're making today. Please, please take every step you can to protect yourself and others.

📷: @jbsmith, who took our last portraits as a family of five

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We learned today about two cases of community tran

We learned today about two cases of community transmission associated with my old high school. It's in a small town in rural Ontario, in a region that not long ago was lauded for its success so far in the pandemic.

While the situation is far more serious in some regions than others, like where I live in Peel, it's a reminder today that COVID-19 is spreading and we aren't doing a very good job controlling it or identifying where it is. It may feel safe where you are, but with 50% of cases in Ontario having no known epidemiological link we don't always know who around us may be an asymptomatic carrier and what our risk may be. And if we don't know our own risk, we don't know how we may be risking others.

Please take care. Wear a mask, practice physical distancing, don't go in a home you don't live in and don't invite others into your home, wash your hands at least eight times a day for two happy birthdays, and stay home when sick. Get your flu shot. Seek testing as advised by local public health guidance.

Many Ontarians will be celebrating holidays soon. Please be cautious. The choices we make now either keep us all safe, or put each other at risk. Don't let your choices now be the reason someone isn't here next year.

#homefortheholidays #forjudeforeveryone #covid_19 #covid19 #flushot #illnessprevention #wearamask #stayhome #stayhomesavelives #portelgin #southampton #greybruce #peelregion #mississauga

This showed up in my memories yesterday. I took it

This showed up in my memories yesterday. I took it 8 years ago, just after what would have been my due date after my second trimester loss. Those days were hard, and each day I told myself: 'It won't always be like this.' It was true then, and it's true now.

Time didn't erase the sad days we'd been through, but better eventually came again. We have more hard days ahead of us before we're on the other side of this, but the more care we take now, the more of us will still be here together when it's over. Please do your part.

Wear a mask. Don't go in other people's homes and don't have others in your home. Stay home when you're sick and keep sick kids home from school. Keep washing your hands for two 'happy birthday's, at least eight times a day and more as needed, and hang tight. We're getting there, and we want everyone to make it through. Stay well.

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