Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦 on Nostr: Once, we thought antibiotics & public health campaigns had eliminated syphilis. Now, ...

Once, we thought antibiotics & public health campaigns had eliminated syphilis. Now, Alberta is in the grips of a full-scale syphilis crisis, which is killing babies & leaving newborns with congenital syphilis. How has this happened? In this Senate speech, I provide a disturbing history lesson. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, when public health itself is under political attack, how do we fight back? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-PMyu9ChCw #SenateofCanada #syphilis #Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #publichealth