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 Dr. **Marcia Johnson**, MD is a Canadian public health official based in [[canada:alberta:Edmonton]], [[canada:Alberta]]. Dr. **Marcia Johnson**, MD is a Canadian public health official based in [[canada:alberta:Edmonton]], [[canada:Alberta]].
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 +===== Career =====
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 +Johnson is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health for [[Alberta Health Services]] under [[Deena Hinshaw]].((Johnson, M. (2020, August 14). //Record of Decision-CMOH Order 31-2020.// Government of Alberta. https://web.archive.org/web/20220330234311/https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/c8b2af11-7fb3-4f51-b7af-6be6c4a1a1b3/resource/16cb6b61-ecf6-4326-bbd6-d89822227c75/download/health-cmoh-record-of-decision-cmoh-31-2020.pdf))
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 +She formerly served as Deputy Medical Officer of Health for the [[Capital Health Authority]].((Mahoney, J. (2000, February 22). //Edmonton mobilizes against meningitis.// The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/edmonton-mobilizes-against-meningitis/article4160393/)) She has also worked as a clinical professor at the [[University of Alberta]].((Crawshaw, C. (2005, November 4). //Scientists and government bodies are gearing up for what could be the next influenza pandemic: Avian Flu.// University of Alberta Folio. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027184001/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/43/05/focus.html))
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 +==== Pandemic preparations ====
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 +In a November 2005 interview, Johnson stated that a [[pandemic]] caused by [[influenza]] was to be expected, and that it likely would start in [[Asia]].((Crawshaw, C. (2005, November 4). //Scientists and government bodies are gearing up for what could be the next influenza pandemic: Avian Flu.// University of Alberta Folio. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027184001/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/43/05/focus.html)) She revealed that the [[Capital Health Authority]], [[Alberta Ministry of Health]] and [[Health Canada]] were "co-ordinating their efforts to prepare Alberta for a pandemic, and in fact, for the worst possible pandemic." She anticipated that such a pandemic "will cause a lot of illness and death in [[Canada]]."
 +==== COVID-19 ====
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 +During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Johnson served as a representative for the Office of the Medical Officer of Health on the [[AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group]]. In this role, she contributed to an October 2021 publication asserting that [[COVID-19 vaccines]] prevent transmission is most cases.((Scientific Advisory Group. (2021, October 21). //Likelihood of Transmission of COVID-19 infection after COVID-19 Vaccination.// Alberta Health Services. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013200539/https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-post-vaccine-transmission-rapid-review.pdf))
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