Michael Schwandt

@michaelschwandt

Public health physician in Vancouver. Antiracist ecoanxious xennial numtot. Healthy environments, equity, climate. Once posted a viral tw!tter thread on COVID prevention. Clinical faculty @UBC. Views mine. He/him.

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Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· 5d

~3 minutes of shaking felt at El Dorado International Airport, Bogota (terminal 2). All evacuated to tarmac, then returned inside with everyone seemingly safe. Very organized and calm.

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· 28d

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Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jul 9

"An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit: Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and Hookworm Eggs in Human Stool" journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Article title and abstract for "An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit: Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and Hookworm Eggs in Human
Stool," by SJ Krauth et al in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Screenshot from PDF: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001969&type=printable)

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jul 8

Honestly there are a lot of fun possible outcomes in terms of a middle finger…

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jun 26

The utter uselessness of this slop. 👇

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jun 5

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· May 28

'Key opportunities to advance environmental equity in schools include improving environmental health literacy among staff and leadership and establishing indoor air quality standards.'

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· May 6

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Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· May 6

Cen-sus! Cen-sus! Cen-sus! Cen-sus! 🤩📋📊

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Apr 30

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Apr 7

Public Health Week 2026! (Proclamation for British Columbia.)

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Apr 7

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Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Mar 17

I mean let’s not apply a restrictive definition of “former president”…

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Mar 12

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Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Mar 12

At least part husky? Good luck corralling that happy pupper. Looking majestic out there. 🥲

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Mar 11

🤷🏽‍♂️ (“You know who is getting hurt from these geopolitical tensions??? Those of us who drive a super car. Time to get a bus pass.”)

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Mar 10

Story checks out. 😫

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jan 23

Ten! TEN links to articles describing abuses! When there are barely enough words in the sentence to provide hyperlinks to the litany of lies and failures. 😞

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jan 22

(All week in Winnipeg...)

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jan 13

"We have the best people imaginable in charge." Many of us in Canada (and I'll assume Europe) would love to hand the "best people" a globe.

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Jan 13

Reskeet this with your home river. Mine is the Red River; Rivière Rouge du Nord; Misko-Ziibi!

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 23

Further details: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 23

As covered this weekend in the New York Times. ("Toilet Rats: Rare, but There.")

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 23

With warmer wetter winters predicted for the Pacific Northwest, this could be one more impact of the #climateemergency...

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 22

ACORN's Demands

ACORN members demand the following actions to tackle the issue of climate and housing crisis:

Local:
Cities must develop and implement a maximum heat bylaw for rental
housing.
- Improvements to the city’s tree canopy especially in low- and moderate income tenant communities.
- Track heat-related deaths and illnesses.

All levels of government:
- Provide free energy efficient air conditioners (Heat/ Cooling pumps) for low income community members, prioritising tenants with utilities
outside their rent.

Federal government:
- All green infrastructure retrofit partnerships and agreements from the CIB or CMHC must include:
- Affordability and anti-eviction covenants.
- Signed agreements from the landlord made transparent to the
tenants in the building.
- Rent controls
- Formal tenant participation where independent tenant unions
existing in the community and building receive resources to support
tenants participating.
- Perform a Benefit Scan so that unique potential local benefits
(environmental, labour, community, tenant) are identified and
included in the funding agreement.

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 22

Direct link to the ACORN report: acorncanada.org/resources/ac...

ACORN CANADA 2023

EXTREME HEAT & CLIMATE JUSTICE

REPORT

Michael Schwandt@michaelschwandt· Dec 22

Closer to a 'ban on bans' related to air conditioning in rental housing? The policy wishlist on climate resilience and public health remains long, but this quietly happened near the end of 2025...