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 The world feel less safe this morning. I am thinking about family and friends in #war zones. Concerned for Israelis and Palestinians everywhere. My heart breaks for humanity. 
 This is #ThanksgivingWeekend in #Canada. Deeply grateful to live in a beautiful, bountiful country. Thankful to those who harvest, to those who gently care for our lands and communities, to those who distribute to others in need, and who just care for one another. 
#ShabbatShalom

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 Good news! @OttawaHealth is planning to distribute XBB.1.5 #COVID19 mRNA vaccine to community #CovidVaccine providers (that includes family docs!) and OPH clinics in mid/late October. So we can offer it at the same time as #flu shots. #Ottawa, let’s have a #Jabapalooza Oct 22nd! 
 Raised my hand at recent #Ottawa Carleton District School Board meeting to ask when we’ll warn students/staff that #COVID19 levels are very high in our city, we’re heading into #RSV & #flu season, and Ottawa Public Health has asked people to #MaskUp indoors.

The time to act is now.

Sigh. 
 THIS WAS PREVENTABLE! I felt unwell when I woke up Saturday. Instead of going to synagogue for #RoshHashanah, I tested for #COVID19. Positive.

Two weeks into the school year (where my daughter is one of a few who mask), and I attended two school board meetings as a trustee (where I was one of only two people masked).

Because others refused to listen to public health and #MaskUp, I now have to cancel 1-2 weeks of patients. (No, I will NOT work while sick or risk exposing any of my patients).

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 Imagine turning to a room of colleagues to say their silence as I receive antisemitic death threats isn’t OK. The only person to respond says *they* are uncomfortable with the risk I bring to them (dismissing that I’m the target as a Jew), so can I please stay off social media…