André Picard

@picardonhealth131k followers

André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.

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1	Oct 21, '23	Getting to the core of @PierrePoilievre’s biting B.C. interview. Kicking a journalist in the shins over and over then turning the exchange into a social-media flex is telling on yo	60×	1.1M	1.3k	362	69
2	Aug 21, '16	I will donate $1 to the #GordDownie Fund for #BrainCancer Research for every RT. I'm at $363 and counting. #TheHip	30.3×	0	11k	15k	0
3	Dec 28, '23	"André Pierre Picard. For his dedication to advancing public health understanding and practices in Canada as a leading health journalist and bestselling author." I'm honoured and h	22.5×	410k	3k	246	25
4	Dec 18, '24	Actor Ryan Reynolds among 88 exceptional Canadians appointed to the #OrderOfCanada. The Deadpool star recognized for his cultural impact and far-reaching philanthropy, by @ianabail	20.2×	369k	1.6k	132	27
5	Jul 22, '18	Please indulge me for a rare (but brief) thread of personal comments. I was on a city bus in Copenhagen early this morning. A young man clearly suffering from mental illness was sc	16.1×	0	9.7k	4.7k	93
6	Sep 11, '23	It’s a privilege, not a right, to know your kid’s gender identity. Sadly, some kids live with parents who are transphobic. No province should forcibly out gender nonconforming kids	15.8×	288k	1k	241	26
7	Jul 25, '24	This isn't #journalism, it's stalking. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is confronted during his family holiday by Keean Bexte of Rebel News on a Tofino, B.C. beach. via @thehilltimes	12.2×	223k	2k	396	31
8	Mar 8, '24	Before the vaccine was developed in 1973, 2.6 million children and pregnant women died of #measles every year. Last year, 136,000 children and pregnant women died of measles. No on	11.5×	210k	1.9k	726	55
9	Aug 23, '23	Lung #cancer patient says hospital #COVID19 protection 'all wrong' after testing positive. Glenda Senack says she was moved to room with 3 others, unmasked visitors. Ottawa Hospita	11.3×	207k	1.3k	473	53
10	Jun 6, '23	Thrilled to learn I will receive an honorary doctorate👨‍🎓from the University of Ottawa. I have a life-long connection to @uOttawa: I was born on campus, studied there (even gradu	11.3×	207k	1.2k	56	4
11	Sep 1, '23	What happens when you give 50 homeless people $7,500 each? They spend it on rent, clothing and food (not alcohol, drugs and smokes), a stereotype-shattering B.C. study shows, by @B	9.6×	176k	1.6k	660	72
12	Mar 6, '24	In 1950, before a vaccine available, more than 55,000 Canadian children contracted #measles. It was the leading cause of blindness, deafness and 'mental retardation.' And more than	9.4×	172k	1.6k	518	55
13	Nov 17, '23	Bansky.	8.3×	153k	1.5k	274	35
14	Jun 10, '23	Deeply honoured to receive an honorary doctorate from @UOttawa, my alma mater. Also chuffed to see 700+ talented, eager health workers graduate. The future is in good hands.	8.2×	150k	1.2k	41	2
15	Jun 28, '22	Terry Fox died on this day 41 years ago, June 28, 1981 at the age 22 after having run 5,373 kilometres in the Marathon of Hope. Terry's goal was to raise $1-million for #cancer res	7.1×	0	6.7k	1.3k	28
16	Jul 8, '24	Queer rights are in danger in Canada. Pierre Poilievre owns some of the blame. The Conservative leader is playing politics with the lives of trans🏳️‍⚧️Canadians, by @Justin_Ling v	6.8×	124k	1k	320	37
17	Feb 5, '24	Ontario doctor Mark Trozzi, who made "misleading, incorrect or inflammatory statements about vaccinations, treatments and public health measures for #COVID19," has license revoked,	6.5×	119k	1.3k	374	44
18	Aug 10, '23	The Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches who defied #COVID19 restrictions, marking a significant victory for public health officials, and the end of th	6.4×	117k	1.3k	392	15
19	Apr 8, '20	I usually reserve my opinions for @globeandmail columns but feel compelled to write a brief thread about the public maligning of Dr. Theresa Tam @CPHO_Canada and criticisms she has	5.8×	0	3.5k	1.4k	57
20	Mar 21, '20	#COVID19 update March 21 Global: 305,066 cases, 12,987 deaths. Cases increasing by 30,000 daily, deaths by 1,600+. Italy recorded 793 deaths in a single day. Sharp rise in cases in	5.6×	0	3.5k	1.7k	122
21	Feb 27, '24	Institutional #COVID19 denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress. Abandoning collective approaches to disease mitigation is a rec	5.6×	101k	1.5k	607	243
22	Oct 2, '23	Football star @tkelce -- best known for romance with @taylorswift13 -- uses newfound fame to promote #vaccination, telling public they can get #COVID19 and #influenza vaccines at s	5.5×	101k	1.4k	204	16
23	Jul 28, '23	Human beings don't need to be sober or drug-free to deserve housing, food, and dignity. via @drandrewb #sdoh	5.2×	94k	1.3k	271	11
24	Sep 6, '19	Annals of Canadian crime: 'Drunk' raccoons seen stumbling around Stittsville after over-indulging on fermented fruit via @cbcnews	4.9×	0	2.8k	1.2k	126
25	Oct 25, '24	Canada is no longer reporting deaths and hospitalizations due to #COVID19. Not knowing the “who, when and where” of COVID-19 creates catastrophic gaps in data by @DrGorfinkel @DFis	4.8×	88k	1.2k	452	100
26	Nov 21, '20	Human cost of pandemic driven home by powerful photo of overwhelmed doctor phoning a family to tell them a loved one has died of #Covid19, by @CTVStephenHunt via @CTVcalgary #cdnhe	4.7×	0	3.3k	1.1k	50
27	Jun 5, '19	Please stop using the Trumpism "fake news." A story that is wrong it not "fake news," it's wrong. A story that is incomplete, is not "fake news," it's incomplete. A story you disag	4.6×	0	3.8k	1.1k	12
28	Dec 24, '23	A hearty thank you to all the health workers toiling during the holidays to ensure our hospitals and emergency services are operating 24/7. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a ha	4.3×	78k	1.7k	352	4
29	Dec 6, '20	#December6, 1989. They died because they were women. Today is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. #Polytechnique #16Days	4.2×	0	3k	1.2k	15
30	Jun 3, '20	Sweden’s top epidemiologist, who persuaded country to not impose a strict lockdown, now says that approach caused too many deaths and he regrets it via @business @LussiD #Covid19 #	3.6×	0	1.7k	1.1k	115
31	Dec 15, '17	BREAKING: Billionaire @Apotex founder Barry Sherman and his wife both found death in their home via @globeandmail	3.3×	0	1.3k	1.2k	0
32	Jul 22, '18	It was a reminder that some values - like caring for your fellow citizens in a time of crisis- are universal. It was a reminder that immigrants and refugees bring incredible skills	3.3×	0	3.5k	460	6
33	Dec 25, '20	Hundreds of immigrants in France🇫🇷 working on the #coronavirus frontline, from cleaners to health aides, have had their service to the country recognised with fast-track citizens	3.2×	0	2.9k	558	18
34	May 11, '22	The logic behind vaccine mandates for travellers no longer holds. While lifting the mandate may seem unfair to those who were vaccinated, there are real equity issues with keeping	3.0×	0	2.2k	502	31
35	Apr 5, '20	#COVID19 Apr 04 global: 1.2 million cases 64,691 deaths 1 in 4 cases worldwide are in the U.S. Spain surpasses Italy in cases Italy has more than 15,000 deaths, Spain almost 12,000	3.0×	0	1.9k	800	48
36	Apr 9, '25	Canadian-born gynecologist @DrJenGunter, a rock star in the realm of women's health, returning to Canada in response to Trump's attacks on reproductive rights and dismantling of U.	3.0×	55k	1.5k	346	27
37	Jul 26, '20	He’s forfeiting his $2.75-million U.S. salary to keep working as a personal support worker in a long-term care home in Montréal.	2.9×	0	2.7k	577	13
38	Dec 25, '17	Merry Christmas to the cleaning staff, kitchen workers, clerks, porters, lab workers, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics, PAs, PSWs, chaplains, social workers, patients, f	2.8×	0	2.3k	754	1
39	Jul 11, '20	Jérôme (Jerry) Lalonde: Dec 25, 1931 -- July 10, 2020. My father-in-law. Another victim of #COVID19. For journalists, the pandemic is a professional challenge; but it's a personal	2.7×	0	2.3k	339	19
40	Mar 29, '25	“I wanted to do what’s best for Canada” 🇨🇦-- World-renowned Canadian heart🫀surgeon, Dr. Marc Ruel, turns down prestigious job in U.S. over political tension, by @alanna_smithh v	2.7×	49k	2.7k	575	32
41	May 9, '22	Welc....Wait, are you vaccinated? #COVID19 #vaccination	2.7×	0	2.3k	229	26
42	Sep 18, '21	ICU: Unvaccinated Care Unit. via @delongarts #COVID19 #antivax #vaccination	2.6×	0	2.1k	656	26
43	Mar 18, '20	"Having friends over for dinner is not #SocialDistancing. Arranging play dates is not social distancing. Visiting family in hospital or care homes is not social distancing. Stoppin	2.5×	0	1.7k	793	13
44	Mar 19, '24	A rare bit of sharing of personal information from me today to congratulate my brilliant daughter, Anaïs Lalonde-Picard, who, after for years of medical studies at @USherbrooke, ha	2.4×	45k	1.7k	23	5
45	Oct 24, '17	Regretfully, I've withdrawn from the #Trottier2017 Symposium roundtable because it consists of 10 men. #NoMoreManels for me. @McGillOSS	2.4×	0	1.9k	488	0
46	Oct 17, '18	I have to admit, I never thought I would see the day when the old grey @globeandmail published a 'how to roll a joint' infographic	2.4×	0	1.6k	576	17
47	Apr 15, '21	Overblown worries about the risks of #COVID19 vaccines show that, after a year of soul-battering pandemic news, we’ve lost our ability to put risk in perspective, by @picardonhealt	2.3×	0	1.6k	571	46
48	Mar 21, '21	I’ll wait for the next one, by @CH_Cartoon via @AgBioWorld #COVID19 #vaccination	2.3×	0	1.9k	528	20
49	Mar 16, '22	Once again, we’re in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave coming our way, by @EricTopol via @guardian #COVID19 #GlobalHealth	2.3×	0	1.8k	461	46
50	Feb 12, '22	Wake up! We decided Covid is over! by Drew Sheneman via @StarLedger @DrEricDing #COVID19	2.2×	0	1.6k	660	22
51	Nov 14, '20	How an Australian🇦🇺 state beat its second wave of #COVID19: Widespread testing, relentless contact tracing and draconian restrictions. Does Canada🇨🇦 have the stomach for this?	2.2×	0	1.4k	412	42
52	Sep 28, '21	If Michael Kovrig, a man who just spent 1,020 days in a Chinese prison, can make it a priority to get a #COVID19 vaccine (and use his notoriety to promote #vaccination to boot), su	2.2×	0	2k	451	6
53	Dec 6, '19	@Polysesouvient @LoreenatCBC @CBCNews @LeDevoir @ihachey #6decembre Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse La	2.1×	0	1.4k	678	33
54	Jul 1, '25	I've been posting daily to Twitter for almost 15 years -- a curated feed of health news from around the world. Now I'm done. Going forward, I will only post stories I write myself,	2.1×	39k	796	54	6
55	Dec 1, '20	💔Photo of Houston ICU doctor comforting a weeping #COVID19 patient goes viral. Dr. Joseph Varon was working for his 252nd straight day. Photo by Go Nakamura, @GettyImages via @Get	2.1×	0	1.8k	370	18
56	Sep 2, '21	Blocking and slowing emergency vehicles? Another sickening display of self-righteous selfishness by #antivax protesters. #COVID19 #cdnpoli	2.1×	0	1.6k	420	13
57	Jan 25, '22	It's worth noting that @NeilYoung had #polio at age 5. His father, @globeandmail columnist Scott Young, told the story in his book "Neil and Me." The Canadian musician and has alwa	2.1×	0	1.6k	501	32
58	Feb 9, '22	Canada will lift #COVID19 public health restrictions when elected governments decide to do so, not street mobs. The measures have saved thousands of lives and we'll get rid of them	2.0×	0	1.3k	276	12
59	Nov 7, '22	Kids are suffering from #COVID19 in ways we never expected, by ⁦@picardonhealth⁩ via @GlobeDebate #pediatrics #RSV	1.9×	0	1.1k	471	88
60	Aug 21, '16	Expected a few hundred RTs but got an amazing 5.2K RTs Saturday night. Here's my gift. Hope you will give too. 2/2	1.9×	0	1.5k	494	0
61	Oct 29, '22	Put your masks😷back on, please. Covid isn't over, by @kathleenparker via @PostOpinions #COVID19	1.9×	0	1.1k	289	21
62	Dec 4, '20	I’m humbled and touched to receive the Owen Adams Award, the highest honour bestowed on a non-physician by the Canadian Medical Association ⁦@CMA_Docs⁩ #CMAawards2020	1.9×	0	2.1k	64	5
63	Jul 10, '24	Doug Ford made a video pointing folks to stores where they could buy beer and wine. Does he also have a map of Ontario family doctors that are accepting new patients? Asking for tw	1.9×	34k	1.1k	385	17
64	May 24, '20	Blaming and shaming those who gather in parks is not helpful. What these gatherings show is not that young people are irresponsible but that the cities we have are not the cities w	1.9×	0	1.2k	390	19
65	Aug 17, '19	"I’m gay. There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but as they say, 'Better late than never.’'’- Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa via @Ot	1.8×	0	1.8k	261	15
66	Apr 17, '21	What vaccine hesitancy? In Ontario hotspots there's a stampede to #COVID19 #vaccination clinics.	1.7×	0	1.6k	276	16
67	Sep 13, '22	In a precedent-setting decision, Ontario court says vaccine mandate is legal and enforceable in schools. Two unvaccinated @SenecaCollege students had challenged the rule, by @jessi	1.7×	0	1.2k	375	38
68	May 3, '21	Finally got my first dose of #COVID19 vaccine! 🥳 (Moderna.) Vacciné (et majeur)! #vaccination 💉#VaccineSelfies 🤳	1.7×	0	2.1k	49	4
69	Apr 8, '20	Changing your mind in changing circumstances is not flip-flopping and not a lack of leadership. It's how you do good science, and how we should shape public policy going forward -	1.7×	0	1.6k	292	6
70	Jan 8, '21	This is sickening. Personal support workers are paid so poorly that they are unable to afford to rent so they live in homeless shelters. Testimony from Dr. Jeff Turnbull at the Ont	1.7×	0	1.1k	530	10
71	Jul 22, '18	Finally, this story is a reminder that we routinely avoid engaging with our fellow citizens. Every one of the bus passengers I spoke to had a fascinating story, yet we only spoke b	1.6×	0	1.8k	189	1
72	Jul 22, '18	Denmark, like many Western countries, is having a fierce public debate about the place of immigrants and whether they can adapt to Western culture and values. This incident I witne	1.6×	0	1.8k	182	2
73	Feb 22, '21	Without a Nurse, a Hospital Bed Is Just a Bed. During the pandemic, nursing staff have been routinely overlooked and consistently undervalued. via @msmagazine @andrea_brassard @the	1.6×	0	1.3k	393	9
74	Jul 25, '20	‘Stay away.’ ‘Biggest petri dish in the world.’ The view of the U.S., from Canada, isn’t so nice anymore via @SeattleTimes ⁦⁦@MedicineMatters⁩ #COVID19	1.6×	0	996	486	20
75	Apr 20, '21	Today is my work anniversary -- 34 years at the @globeandmail. #journalism	1.5×	0	1.9k	35	1
76	Nov 14, '22	Isn't protecting our children a good reason to wear masks😷again? When #COVID19 first hit, we wore masks to protect our grandparents. Kids deserve the same consideration, by @Allis	1.5×	0	1.2k	343	22
77	Mar 10, '22	Ending mask mandates is a betrayal of people with disabilities. People who use #homecare cannot “do our own risk assessment.” We don’t have a choice, by @saraynet via @TVO @IrfanDh	1.5×	0	1k	314	13
78	Nov 23, '22	‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept. There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection, by @anjahuja via @FT @rpezer1 #COVI	1.5×	0	1k	347	78
79	Apr 6, '21	Ontario's #COVID19 strategy in a nutshell (or screenshot).	1.4×	0	1.3k	319	17
80	Sep 11, '20	👇👏👋👊	1.4×	0	1.3k	241	6
81	May 30, '20	The only Black medical student in a @uoftmedicine class of 259, @chikastacypoet graduates as valedictorian, by @roysonjames via @torontostar @UofTBMSA #MedEd	1.4×	0	1.2k	274	6
82	May 10, '18	Best fucking memo ever. #WTF	1.4×	0	1.1k	270	11
83	Jul 22, '18	There are uplifting parts to this story, but I don't want to gloss over the fact that, in all big cities, we've come to see people with severe mental illness as an invisible part o	1.3×	0	1.5k	154	3
84	Aug 5, '19	How to do politics, Canadian style: Trudeau, Singh, May march together at Vancouver #Pride2019 🏳️‍🌈 via @globeandmail #LGBTQI2S ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜	1.3×	0	1.2k	244	4
85	Apr 8, '20	On social media in particular, the comments about @CPHO_Canada's qualifications feature a disturbing level of sexism and racism. Dr. Tam is a medical doctor with as much expertise	1.3×	0	1.3k	201	2
86	Apr 8, '20	On masks, Dr. Tam has said the same thing since day 1: They do not protect wearers from infection, they can provide a false sense of security and, because of short supplies, surgic	1.2×	0	1.2k	195	3
87	Apr 8, '20	Dr. Tam has been doing #coronavirus briefings for 12 weeks. @CPHO_Canada has been remarkably consistent in both her demeanor (calm, professional) and her advice (cautious, evidence	1.2×	0	1.3k	166	0
88	Jul 22, '18	One was a nurse from Somalia. The other was a nurse from Iraq. (The bus route services a major hospital.) Police arrested the man. The bus driver, despite his injuries, asked polic	1.2×	0	1.4k	163	3
89	Oct 7, '21	.@DrNadiaChaudhri, beloved Montreal neuroscientist with fans worldwide, has died at age 43. Sharing her #palliative care journey online, Chaudhri used her reach to help underrepres	1.2×	0	1.2k	177	12
90	Oct 21, '21	Canada's biggest pediatric hospital, SickKids in Toronto, suspends 148 of its 8,258 staffers for failing to get #COVID19 shots; With 98.2% of workers fully vaccinated, no disruptio	1.2×	0	1.1k	199	11
91	Aug 7, '20	While I appreciate all the kindness, and am flattered to have my own hash tag #IStandWithPicard,🗞️I would prefer that people focus not on trolls but on my initial concern, that a	1.2×	0	1.1k	205	13
92	Dec 31, '20	This is what I tweeted exactly one year ago today. I haven't stopped since. A big thank you to all the followers of @picardonhealth for coming along for the ride. Wishing you a hap	1.2×	0	1.2k	142	14
93	Jul 12, '20	Happy birthday to me.🎂 Apparently 60 is the new 40. So only 25 years to go until retirement.	1.2×	0	1.3k	28	0
94	Jan 28, '21	Health Workers In Oregon Were Stuck in A Massive Snowstorm.❄️Knowing the vaccines they were carrying would expire, they administered the shots to other stranded motorists, @mlevens	1.2×	0	1.1k	211	5
95	Nov 5, '21	A 35-year-old Alberta man who removed his mask and deliberately coughed on a server at a Calgary bar has been convicted of assault via @cbcnews #COVID19	1.2×	0	1.1k	181	6
96	Jul 22, '18	Suddenly the man rushed to the front of the bus and began viciously punching and stabbing the driver. A passenger intervened - he disarmed and subdued the man. (Turns out he used t	1.1×	0	1.2k	176	3
97	Sep 12, '20	The great @TanyaTalaga is joining the @globeandmail as a columnist, where she will use her powerful voice to afflict comfortable and push Canada's leaders to honour their promises	1.0×	0	1.1k	151	2
98	Apr 8, '20	The role of public health officials is largely to tell the public things they don't want to hear. They will always be accused of acting too slowly or too hastily in about equal mea	1.0×	0	1.1k	147	6
99	Nov 8, '20	What is heartbreak? 💔 #cancer	1.0×	0	1.2k	88	2
100	Aug 26, '19	My baby, Anaïs, just graduated from the Université de Montréal @UMontreal with an honours degree in cognitive neuroscience. So proud I’m verklempt.	1.0×	0	1.3k	12	1
101	Apr 20, '20	Today is my work anniversary - 33 years at the @globeandmail 🗞️. April 20, 1987 was my first day. As my official work photos show, I haven't changed a bit, but the hair gods have	1.0×	0	1.2k	28	0

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