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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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I try to enable as much health and joy as possible. Academic family doc, settler, dkcalgary on youtube.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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To all my colleagues in health care: We all mourn the days before covid when we thought it was okay to not mask for the majority of our in-person patient interactions. It felt great. Now we know so much disease is airborne and we can easily be vectors. 1/

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

4 years

I was standing in the lineup to get into @costcocanada @costco and got a bit cold, so started doing lunges, and I ended up leading a #lineupworkout !

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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This is my third day of having COVID. We did everything right: vaccines, ventilation, HEPA filters, limiting indoor public activity, etc. I got covid because it has been allowed to run rampant in our society. This is a deadly and disabling disease. 1/4

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Patient's family member yesterday, "But if covid is still so bad, why isn't the government doing more to educate us?" "I don't know. What I *do* know is covid appears to be damaging immune systems, and increases risk for heart attacks, stokes, dementia and many more things. 1/2

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Enough. We have a deadly and disabling airborne disease just being allowed to circulate. I now have a fever, cough, etc. I am sick. I care for patients. I am getting PCR testing, but we have to cancel/reschedule my patients booked for tomorrow and likely next week. 1/7

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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The reason most people aren't taking covid seriously is because they simply can't imagine Public Health would abandon protections and let an incredibly disabling and airborne virus spread wildly. They will be very angry when it becomes clear to them that's exactly what happened.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Heads-up: Long-COVID affects 25% of kids who get covid. The main problems: mood symptoms, fatigue and sleep disorders. Covid is a mass-disabling event and we are injuring the children in our society by not working to stop its spread. 1/2

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Patient today: - Why is there no mask mandate if covid is increasing? - Why aren't there air filters in all public spaces? - Why aren't they sharing the numbers of cases? - Why can't we get access to PCR testing any more? All great questions. All without any defensible answers.

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Today I had a patient say, "But I thought COVID was over?!?" A smart person, reads the news, etc. He was stunned to hear of long-covid and post-covid increased disease is overwhelming us. And put on a mask right away, making sure it was snug around his nose. #CovidIsNotOver

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

We have to stop pretending covid isn't serious. We have to stop pretending covid isn't directly and massively contributing to our current health care crises. We have to stop pretending individual protections are enough. They aren't. 2/7

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

I just filed my Canadian Human Rights complaint about the Federal Government's decision to eliminate mandatory masking on domestic aircraft in Canada. @JustinTrudeau this was very wrong of your government to knowingly cause more death and disability by removing the mask mandate.

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Please @jkenney @CMOH_Alberta @JasonCoppingAB enact simple measures to protect us: 1. N95 indoor mask mandates + free N95s for all 2. programs to improve air ventilation + filtration in all public & private buildings, esp. restaurants 3. return of full test/trace/isolate 3/4

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@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

"So wear the best quality masks you can get, get boosters the first chance you can, filter & ventilate air. "We will all get covid, but the goal is to get it as few times as possible. It's like tripping. We try to avoid tripping because sometimes you can get really hurt." 2/2

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

4. paid sick-time so people can isolate 5. reinvigorated vaccination campaign 6. pilot programs of far-UVC in buildings to clean the air It's time to put Albertans and our economy first. Please act now. @PopAlberta @CBCCalgary @CTVCalgary @GlobalCalgary @calgaryherald 4/4

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 months

This paper is terrifying. The impact on our healthcare workforce is immense, occurring at the same time the general population needs our help more as they too are sickened and disabled by long-covid and post-covid conditions.

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Dr Elisa Perego

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A review of 56 literature studies showed that #LongCovid "is prevalent" among Health Care workers who become infected by SARS-CoV-2

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Covid is serious, it's wrecking our health system, and we need society-level measures to stop its damage. @JasonCoppingAB @GoAHealth we need: 1. N95 masks + mandates 2. Indoor air quality measures (ventilation, filtration ( #crboxes #hepa ), and air sterilization (far UVC) 3/7

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

4 months

I'm an experienced family doc. If you're sick, you're sick. Just because zoom and other virtual technologies exist, you should not be working when you're sick. Please take care of yourself first and get better. If your goal is maximal productivity, that's how to get there. 1/

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

It will continue to spread, infect more people, kill and disable more people, and cause health system and economic collapse. I will lose at least a week of my ability to care for my own patients. Other HCWs are getting sick too, restricting Albertans' access to care. 2/4

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

I forgot to mention, I have worn N95 masks indoors everywhere, every time. Masks and vaccines provide a lot of protection, but they can't do the job on their own. We need governmental mandates and oversight to #cleantheair as well.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

11 months

(Commenting is restricted so sorry for the quote tweet instead.) As a family doc, I'm seeing the acute covid but - more massively - the post covid: inflammation, cognitive decline in 40 year olds, stubborn bacterial infections, new diabetes, etc. 1/

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Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD

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Truth, covid is airborne. Also truth, covid’s impact on healthcare peaks then falls (except long covid) in waves. ⬆️Admin burden, ⬇️mobility, crumbling primary care, climate inaction, no nat’l data and HHR plans, are examples of constant stresses. Also, we’re in the ditch.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

Patient in clinic today in tears: "How can we do a personal risk assessment? There is covid everywhere, the government has scaled back testing, if I get it I'm in the high risk group and could easily die. Why won't Public Health do its job?" @PopAlberta @CMOH_Alberta #ableg

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

4 years

For months, I've admired our American colleagues who've bravely dealt with the pandemic exploding around them largely due to a lack of governmental will to do the right thing. I never imagined that in Alberta we'd find ourselves in the same sickening place. @jkenney @CBCCalgary

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

I'm learning today that every single moment of hurt and pain comes back when you learn an abusive parent is dying. Every. Single. Moment. I had foolishly thought I had moved on. But no. I'm 5. I'm 12. I'm 17. All over again. I wish it could just be regular grief. 1/3

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Tradesperson at my house today: - happy to wear an N95 mask - said, "Yeah, for sure covid is still going on. I can't believe how many of my friends are sick right now. And you know what? They seem way sicker now than at any previous time." #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 months

It still stuns me that basically everyone in charge listened to the folks who said, "OR we could just let this novel virus run rampant throughout the world without knowing anything about its long-term risks, beside what we know about the bad effects of its predecessor, SARS-1."

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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3. full test(PCR)/trace/isolate 4. paid sick leave 5. a robust vaccination campaign and easy-access process We simply cannot go on like this anymore. People are dying. People are getting disabled. People can't access the healthcare they need. 4/7

@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Here's a thread from today's "SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19)-Induced Chronic Disease in Primary Care" Family Medicine Grand Rounds at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. @UCalgaryFamMed @UCalgaryMed 1/21

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, The air in your health care facilities should be safe. @AHS_media is dropping its mask mandate on Monday June 19. This puts all our lives & health at risk. Join me in fighting this. I'm seeking an emergency court injunction to stop it.

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Bring Back the AHS Mask Mandate, organized by David Keegan

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

The best time to fight fascism is not when it's in power, it's when it's taking root. When the rights of others are being trampled. When leaders are willing to lie and lie and lie again. When people dismiss the despair and deaths of others as unimportant. It's now.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

People can't stop covid on their own. We need governments to do their duty and use all the tools they have at their disposal to #ProtectOurPeople . @PopAlberta @PoP_NovaScotia @Protect_BC @drclairetaylor @GosiaGasperoPhD @TehseenLadha @kprather88 @YouAreLobbyLud @brownecfm 5/7

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

11 months

I got asked by someone yesterday, "So are you ever going to stop masking indoors?" My answer, "Yes! Once we reach three months of no community transmission. Covid can turn into long covid and triggers a whole bunch of bad conditions." #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Sorry all. I have to take a break from Twitter. Please mask up, ventilate, filter your air, don't eat indoors in public. Take care of yourselves.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

I'm just a doc, standing in front of govt. & public health leaders, asking them to follow the precautionary principle. Until covid-19 magically disappears, can we manage it as the deadly and disabling virus it has so far proven to be? #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Uh, that is one steep curve. Mask up (N95 or equivalent), ventilate and filter indoor air, don't eat indoors without layers of spread mitigation, get vaxxed, avoid crowded spaces. @AHS_media please bring back indoor mask mandate now.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Major Update: I have retained senior legal counsel. Our court case is moving ahead. Legal prep is beginning within the hour. @AHS_media : I beg you to keep the mask mandate in place until a full disability-impact review can be done and accommodations implemented.

@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, The air in your health care facilities should be safe. @AHS_media is dropping its mask mandate on Monday June 19. This puts all our lives & health at risk. Join me in fighting this. I'm seeking an emergency court injunction to stop it.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

9 months

I'll be seeing a patient this afternoon outside in his car. Why? Because he has covid and neither he nor I want to expose other patients to it. I don't think this happens very often, which is just one more reason why we need a REAL mask mandate for ALL clinical spaces/bldgs.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

As a doc, I will say clearly: indoor spaces need to be examined by professional engineers so that they can deploy air quality control systems. Prof engineers and occupational hygienists are the ones who need to be enabled to end this disabling pandemic. #HubrisKills

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DrJames @YorkU (he/him/il)

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@BogochIsaac We need to reduce transmission rates. And that means cleaning the air. We need doctors like you telling the public that indoor spaces need to be examined by professional engineers so that we can deploy air quality control systems.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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OMG!!!!! A HEPA filter unit in the wild!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@birgitomo What I don't understand is that in the long-term, profits and the economy will crater. There will be few people to work, few people with the money to buy things, and so on. It's like keeping a store open when the back half is on fire, just so you can sell more gum at the cash.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

It's official: post-covid condition (PCC) is real and it's bad. The report from the Task Force of Canada's Chief Science officer is in. Find the report here: A key recommendation is PREVENTION: (Recommendation 17) "Scale-up and monitor ... 1/2

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

#YallMasking ? Yes b'y. I mask in Regina. I mask in the mall. I'll mask back in Calgary. I'll be masking y'all.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

8 months

Anyone who recorded me at the Trans support rally yesterday: you have my permission to post it on any platform you wish. We need to ensure @ABDanielleSmith and @PierrePoilievre are held accountable for their roles in my nephew's death by suicide. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

Breaking news: X, formerly known as Twitter, is rebranding to "Y'allMasking?" #YallMasking

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

8 months

Despite my best efforts, in the past 24 hours I have been exposed to a swarm of hate and vileness related to my posts in support of trans people. Yet it's only a tiny fraction of the hate trans people experience. We must eliminate this cruelty. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I'm Canadian. I want my contributions to the Canada Pension Plan to stay in it. If such a thing goes ahead, every Albertan should be given the choice to stay in CPP or transfer to APP. I want to stay. @HandsOffMyCPP #ableg #abpoli

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Alberta to explore leaving CPP as report lays claim to $334B, more than half of fund | CBC News

The Alberta government released a long-awaited report Thursday on the possibility of establishing an Alberta-only pension plan on Thursday, claiming the province is entitled to a staggering $334-bi...

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

11 months

I did some black sheeping today. I was happy to teach family medicine residents (almost 200!) from @UCalgaryFamMed @UCalgaryMed about Long-COVID. In addition to the topics in this outstanding article, we explored a key pandemic learning: that medicine isn't all that humble. 1/

@Guiness_Pig

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Sharing this again for everyone in the Covid-conscious community who is struggling right now. You should know you’re rare & important. Here’s why. #CovidIsNotOver Black Sheep, Your Time is Coming to Shine

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

Shout this from the rooftops. But the one weird fact is: aerosol engineers and occupational hygienists knew this all along. They were just ignored and uninvited to decision-making tables #HubrisKills

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

I'm just a guy. With cardiopumonary disabilities. Standing in front of a province (Alberta) which has abandoned all reasonable health protections in the face of a virus which has proven its ability to mutate and kill & disable, over and over and over. #REPnotRIP @PopAlberta

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

"Weekly excess mortality in 2023 is still higher than 2021 or 2022." We need: - indoor mask mandates - N95s for all - paid sick/isolation leave - test/trace/isolate - fresh/filtered air strategies - robust vaccination campaign This will only get worse otherwise.

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Tara Moriarty

1 year

Finally, some data that should help support the need for an investigation of the COVID response in Canada. These are average weekly excess deaths in Canada by year. Weekly excess mortality in 2023 is still higher than 2021 or 2022. We need to take our heads out of the sand NOW.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

"Patient cancelled their appointment," is a trigger to give them a call. There is often a medical or medically-adjacent reason for the cancellation. My most recent scenario? The patient had an acute viral infection. I coached how to do Rapid Test properly over the phone 1/2

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Cancelling a medical appointment is an incredibly difficult decision - we don’t make it lightly. It doesn’t mean our health isn’t a priority. Often we can’t physically GET to appt. I passed out on floor of apartment hallway trying to make an appt once. Still said I “missed” it.

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2 years

We need: - indoor N95 or better masking - test/trace/isolate - air cleaning (filtration and/or far-uvc) & ventilation - robust vaccination - transparency on cases and related information @CMOH_Alberta @jkenney @JasonCoppingAB @PopAlberta #AbLeg #CovidIsNotOver 2/2

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

8 months

Trans people just want to be left alone, be able to make medical decisions with their doctors without politicians, and be able to use their preferred names and pronouns with people they trust. They deserve the same right to life as everyone else. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

@toffee_otter @RuhoyMD @DisabledStem The longer I've been in medicine, the more it's clear that curiosity is a critical characteristic for docs to have.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

Dear @CMOH_Alberta and @jkenney : Albertans are confused, scared and angry. I've just spent a large chunk of time caring for covid patients in the community. They are confused by the inability to formally register positive home RATs with AHS or AH. They are scared that 1/5

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

4 years

Here I am in the @AHS_YYCZone Foothills Emergency Dept where I have experienced + witnessed great patient care. It's the same ER where my sister had 6 cardiac arrests from a pulmonary embolus and later died in the ICU in 2011. My family doc and the ER team just saved my life. 1/

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

It's not normal for every emergency dept. and urgent care centre in the city to have wait times from over 5.5 to over 12 hours. We need to get on top of this airborne pandemic which is triggering heart attacks, strokes, blood clots and other serious illnesses. @Albertadoctors

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

#YallMasking Clinic? ✅ Stores? ✅ Airplanes? ✅ Outdoor crowds at the Acropolis? ✅

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

My tweet has angered many. The key thing is masking, air filtration, test/trace/isolate are all coming back someday as eventually we will have half our population disabled and we won't have any other choice. Let's just get this done now so we can prevent more disability.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Patient today: - Why is there no mask mandate if covid is increasing? - Why aren't there air filters in all public spaces? - Why aren't they sharing the numbers of cases? - Why can't we get access to PCR testing any more? All great questions. All without any defensible answers.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

We know cov1d is a deadly and disabling disease. We know vaccines work but wane after 3-5 months. My patients who have tried to get a booster after 3-5 months are being rejected. I just tried to book my own booster and have been rejected. Why @CMOH_Alberta is this happening?

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

So we're agreed: it is important to search for people who are missing and in peril. Can we expect the same effort when Indigenous and Black women are missing and in peril?

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

6 months

For anyone who needs to hear it: Asymptomatic transmission of covid has been well established. It's also airborne. And causes long-covid / post covid conditions in lots of people. Without a change to our strategy, disability, misery, and economic harm will continue to rise.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@drdagly So great. I draw the line at slurping cloxacillin to show a patient that it's not that bad a taste. I hear it's really bad. Like superbly bad. I think I'd likely just throw up everywhere and scare off the patient. The line has been drawn.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

And she's gone. It's over. May we all treat each other the way we would like to be treated ourselves. Take care all.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@ianhanomansing Private medicine drains resources from the public system, and only a small amount of rich people benefit. Everyone else is worse off. The research is clear. Anyone who argues otherwise is intentionally misleading you, CBC and the public.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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I can't wait to meet you: the first leader who admits their terrible error of ignoring the airborne nature of covid, while still in their health/university leadership role. You are amazing. Your humility will be humbling to us. Be strong. Be the first to tip us into reality.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

@LaurenPelley We haven't tamed covid's destructive power. It's true destructive power is long-covid and post-covid. We are knowingly disabling our society through zero mitigations and the give-up thought that covid is here to stay. We must filter the air, wear masks, bold vac campaigns, etc.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

This. Every word of this. To @AHS_media , please read this and bring back not just a mask mandate, but a respirator mandate. To my colleagues throughout healthcare: please mask always in healthcare settings (and beyond).

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Hospitals are killing patients because they don't feel like doing infection control

We now know COVID is fully airborne. We also know how to control airborne disease. So why are vulnerable people still dying of hospital-acquired COVID?

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Alberta, your doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health care workers are burnt out. Just last night I was helping a colleague who was suicidal. The @Alberta_UCP government has caused this through their pandemic failures, underfunding and rush to privatize. Vote them out.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, Canadians, and COVID-aware people everywhere, We did it, raising $20,000 in less than a day! We will start our legal action to keep the AHS masking mandate in place. Protect our air. Protect our lives. Thank you! @CBCCalgary @calgaryherald @citynewscalgary

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, The air in your health care facilities should be safe. @AHS_media is dropping its mask mandate on Monday June 19. This puts all our lives & health at risk. Join me in fighting this. I'm seeking an emergency court injunction to stop it.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Put another way: there are plans already drawn up for a worst-case cov1d scenario. We are in that worst-case scenario right now. But essentially none of these plans are being implemented. Why not @PHAC_GC ?? Why not @GovCanHealth ?? Why not @JustinTrudeau ?? @picard

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Wow. Appendix 3 is the worst-case C19 scenario which corresponds exactly to what this fall and winter looks like. Table A3-1 describes the efforts they'd deploy if it happened. None of that is being followed through. Ppl need to be fired.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

After doing my talk for @UCalgaryFamMed on COVID-induced chronic disease, I was asked to present at a school on long-covid and kids. Here's a video of my talk: Indoor Air Quality in Schools 1/5

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Indoor Air Quality in Schools: Inexpensive Protection of the Health...

In this video, I share the importance of indoor air quality in schools. In particular, adding in-class filtration units can dramatically lower transmission ...

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

9 months

Dear Canada, Enough is enough. We've watched as government after government have failed in their leadership of our healthcare systems. Healthcare is literally being held together with duct tape. Wear a #DuctTapeForHealthcare ribbon to show you demand great healthcare for all.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

8 months

I posted this just two days before my trans nephew died by suicide. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

8 months

This pin on my lanyard came in very handy today. @ABDanielleSmith take yourself out of trans healthcare decisions. These kids deserve supportive healthcare, not politicians making things difficult. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I was chatting with a visitor, retired Oil&Gas exec. He asked about the range of Alberta weather. I told him about it and how this year has been ++ hot and with an early fire season. He said "That's due to changes in the solar system's place in the galaxy." #ClimateEmergency

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@YouAreLobbyLud I used to work in Paeds emerg. I 100% agree. We do everything to avoid admission, and only admitted when there was a good reason or good precaution. Admitting on O2? That's a whole other level. We admit because THE KID NEEDS O2 and think there's a good chance they might crump.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Ms Pelley, regretfully your article doesn't explore the massive risk each infection has for triggering heart attacks, strokes, blood clots and many other serious conditions. I am happy to share the growing harm caused by long-covid/ post-covid. We need vax+ strategy.

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Lauren Pelley

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My latest explores new Canadian research showing three-quarters of the country showed signs of immunity against #COVID19 by spring 2023 — and what that means for the future as this virus continues to evolve:

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

10 months

I decided to put some thoughts down on paper: Why I Chose Alberta and What Went Wrong. Let's ditch cruel Alberta and build a wise and fair one together.

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Opinion: Why I chose Alberta; and what went wrong

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I've been asked +++ over the past three years: "So how long would you want to keep covid protections in place?" My answer has always been, "When there are three full months of no community spread, we can start slowly pausing them one by one." It's still my answer. @PopAlberta

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I wish: covid - still didn't cause serious disease and death, - wasn't airborne - didn't cause long-covid and ⬆️ risk of other things like heart attack, stroke, dementia, and blood clots, and - didn't impair immune systems. Instead we have to face the truth and stop covid.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@PauloEastvan I used "allowed" on purpose. Governments have all the data that prove: - N95/equivalent mask mandates - strict clean air measures - vigorous vaccination programs - vigorous test/trace/isolate protocols will enable us to get to close to #covidzero . They are just choosing not to.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

Here's a thread from today's "SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19)-Induced Chronic Disease in Primary Care" Family Medicine Grand Rounds at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. @UCalgaryFamMed @UCalgaryMed 1/21

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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We're at the point where premature babies are catching covid while in the NICU. We need mandatory (respirator) masking in all healthcare facilities/hospitals/clinics now. @AHS_media @GoAHealth @CBCCalgary @ABDanielleSmith @luanne_metz #covidisairborne

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Thank you @GlobalCalgary for the opportunity to share my concerns about the @AHS_media plan to stop universal masking and the speed with which it's making this change. Protect our air. Protect our lives. #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #abpoli #ableg

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Calgary doctor to challenge AHS mask policy change in court | Globalnews.ca

A Calgary-based doctor is planning to go to court to prevent Alberta Health Services from dropping its masking requirement in health-care settings.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

It's time we learned to live with COVID. Just like how we learned to live with natural gas by having clear protections, codes, etc. on how it can be installed in homes and buildings. Just like how we learned to live with cholera by changing sanitation (thx @lithohedron ). 1/6

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

(Quick troll check.) COVID-19 is real & is airborne. Wearing N95 or equivalent masks protects you and others. Cleaning the air with fresh air and filtration (HEPA filters) is super important. Masks, clean air & vaccines will prevent death + disability. @PopAlberta @DFisman

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Heard from a non-healthcare provider today, "Really, there should have been universal masking in health facilities even before covid. It didn't make sense - all those people coughing and sharing germs." Pls sign the petition:

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Sign the Petition

Keep Masks in Alberta Hospitals!

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

@joeyfox85 @JimRosenthal4 @TRyanGregory @sri_srikrishna @DrEricDing @lisa_iannattone @FinchTH @DavidElfstrom @akm5376 @sameo416 @cohnkaren @DFisman @NjbBari3 @jljcolorado @marwa_zaatari @jvipondmd @DaliaHasanMD @brownecfm @Mikeggibbs @PeteUK7 @amandalhu 6/7

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 months

#yallmasking Yup, still masking, even at the @StedelijkMuseum ! Maskeren jullie allemaal nog?

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

2 years

The 7th wave looks well underway. I recommend: mask up (N95 or better) avoid eating indoors in public places, get whatever vaccine you can, and advocate for a publicly funded clean air strategy. The waves are coming faster and bigger, just as @GosiaGasperoPhD predicted.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 month

@picardonhealth @jvipondmd @calgaryherald @DennisKendel Thanks for the quote tweet. I now know of 4 docs who are on long-term disability due to long-covid. We are disabling (and even killing) our healthcare workforce exactly when we need them most. All we need are mask mandates, clean air, and other sensible measures to protect us.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

11 months

A child's right to life takes priority over a parent's right to know if their kid is using different pronouns. Always. Trans kids and teens need to be who they are and be safe. Some of their parents aren't safe for these kids. These kids need safety. #abpoli #ableg

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I think maybe, just maybe, the tide is turning. 3 patients so far this week aware that covid is airborne, long-covid is serious, and angry that Public Health appears to be letting it spread in an unmitigated fashion. #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

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Dept of Family Medicine - Grand Rounds, January 2023

A recording of Dr. David Keegan's presentation "SARS2/COVID19-Induced Chronic Disease (Long-Covid) in Primary Care" on January 12, 2023.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

As you know, there is NO way to report +ve rapid antigen tests to @GoAHealth . You can print off the image below, fill it out, & take a pic to send at least SOMETHING to your family doc - to get your result down in writing. Also available at @PopAlberta

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

I get it. Masking is no fun. I have "mask fatigue" too. They're hot and uncomfortable, even with the most breathable ones. But it doesn't matter. We can't drop mask mandates in healthcare facilities because that puts us all at risk: patients, families, staff, doctors.

@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, The air in your health care facilities should be safe. @AHS_media is dropping its mask mandate on Monday June 19. This puts all our lives & health at risk. Join me in fighting this. I'm seeking an emergency court injunction to stop it.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

@CMOH_Alberta please let the public know how to register or report when they have a positive antigen test. If this reporting isn't in place, we will never know if cases are growing or dropping in response to measures. @GoAHealth @PopAlberta

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

10 months

I'm at a specialist appointment right now. Almost no one else is masked. But, amazingly, there are two other patients who are wearing well-fitting respirators! I thanked them for doing so. I just glanced around again and there are 2 others wearing basic masks too.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

3 years

Retweet it with me everyone: #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe #BringBackJoe

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

It is never too late to start taking cov1d seriously again. It still kills. It still causes disability and chronic conditions (around 10% chance EACH time you get infected, 5% if vaxxed in past 6 months or so). So mask up, get vaxxed, test frequently, isolate if symptoms.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear @JustinTrudeau thank you for all your govt's efforts to secure vaccines. Can you create a federal process (such as on army bases) such that people can get boosters within 5 months of their last dose? Like many, I live in a province where boosters are restricted. #canpoli

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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@CBCCalgary @CTVCalgary @GlobalCalgary @calgaryherald @citynewscalgary @threadreaderapp please unroll 7/7

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Good news! I think I have found an outstanding lawyer to represent me/us. Once we have our meeting late next week, I should be able to update you. I'm sorry everyone that this has taken such an extraordinarily long time.

@drDavidKeegan

David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

1 year

Dear Albertans, The air in your health care facilities should be safe. @AHS_media is dropping its mask mandate on Monday June 19. This puts all our lives & health at risk. Join me in fighting this. I'm seeking an emergency court injunction to stop it.

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David Keegan ♿️🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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I'm in primary care and it's already cracked/crumbled. We're trying to make sure our primary care system isn't crushed into dust. Unmitigated covid is only massively building illness and disability through long- and post-covid. We can't keep up. 3/

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