On Tuesday I sat down and shared Jude with you. Some of you have been with me longer and already knew a lot of what I had to say, and some of you were hearing our story for the first time. (Facebook, Twitter, blog) Thank you, all of you who took the time to read…
There’s an elephant in the room. The media is reporting that this year’s flu shot is only 10% effective, and that isn’t the news that we want to hear. Higher effectiveness means better prevention, fewer hospitalizations, and more lives saved, and 10% isn’t ideal. BUT. While most reports are giving us this 10% figure and…
One of the things I’m asked about most frequently is the ingredients in the flu shot. Even though the flu shot is the most rigorously and frequently tested vaccine, even people who otherwise fully vaccinate sometimes question what goes into it. I get it. There’s a lot of rhetoric floating around and it’s easy to…
Justin Trudeau is heading to New York tomorrow for two days packed with events. Part of that trip includes a discussion with Melinda Gates at the Goalkeepers Conference, on the heels of the report of the same name. The Gates Foundation have been painstakingly collecting data from around the world focusing on different areas of…
Graphic has no sound and takes only six seconds! How’s THAT for a title? Catchy, right? More and more I hear people ask, ‘why is my unvaccinated child a risk to your vaccinated child if vaccines are so good?’ Here’s the thing. Vaccines are fantastic, but none of them is a 100% guarantee against…
I check the ‘on this day’ app most days, for the chance some adorable memory will pop up. Today Facebook reminded me of this day, two years ago, when four separate cases of the measles had been confirmed in Toronto. Do you remember that two years ago, when measles was all over the news? At…
A few weeks ago we talked a little about getting sick after having the flu shot. With norovirus circulating in a big way right now I’ve seen an influx of questions across social media from people who got the flu shot this season and are now dealing with bad gastro symptoms. I’m sorry you’re so…
We’ve all grown up on Roald Dahl’s beautiful stories of extraordinary children and the magical things that happen to them. What we might be less familiar with is the story of his own daughter, Olivia, who died from the measles in 1962, before there was a measles vaccine. She was seven years old and an…
It’s that time of year again! We’ve been building towards it for the past couple months and doing our best to prepare our own family, and I know many of you have been doing the same. It’s cold and flu season and there’s a good chance that someone in your home is going to get…
Are you ready? It’s here! And we’re just seeing the beginning of what will be the peak season. If you haven’t had your flu shot yet, this is the time to go, and remember that it takes two weeks to be fully effective. If you get your shot today you’ll have some protection before the…
Last month I participated in a project with Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga. Together with Trillium President and CEO Michelle DiEmanuele, Mississauga East-Cooksville MP Peter Fonseca, Mississauga East-Cooksville MPP Dipika Damerla, and Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans, we met to talk about our personal reasons for getting the flu shot, as well as important information you…
“In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition…
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