Avis Favaro

@Avis_Favaro · Toronto · joined 13 Mar 2009

Canadian Health Journalist - Contributor to CTV News, Host Canadian Health Information Podcast @avisfavaro.bsky.social

20 310Followers

3 549Following

26 093Posts total

14.6KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro9 Sep

@Avis_Favaro Mass immigration has consequences Importing over 5M people (mostly third world) in just a few years has flooded the HC system into collapse. 7 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro5 Sep

@Avis_Favaro ER docs have been screaming about this for 20+ years. Nobody pays attention. Politicians keep coming up with bullshit solutions like "urgent care centres" (which are great for ribbon cuttings but not fixing ER waits). No political will to actually fix healthcare i 182 views · 8 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro5 Sep

@Avis_Favaro Exactly 34 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro4 Sep

Data shows the ER problem is not an “er problem”. It’s a system problem. Patients need to move through the system. But they can’t. 5.2K views · 64 likes · 27 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro4 Sep

My letter in today's Toronto Star https://t.co/ZIJvQyiLVT

4.1K views · 136 likes · 43 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro3 Sep

Alberta’s new dual-practice health model raises questions over Canada Health Act @ctvnews https://t.co/192iEZ8s7W 503 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro3 Sep

Ketamine therapy for Bipolar depression - Canadian study shows it works. @CTVnews https://t.co/4dXdDUnE9N 574 views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro29 Aug

New heart attack definition for women - the gender bias finally is getting attention | The Guardian https://t.co/faaX7cinh7 1.6K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Avis Favaro@Avis_Favaro25 Aug

🇨🇦 clothing 2.4K views · 51 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views574this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.83%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.39%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	574	924	0.62×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.83%	3.62%	0.78×
Engagement rate	1.39%	1.52%	0.92×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

2.4K25 Aug

1.6K29 Aug

5743 Sep

503

4.1K4 Sep

5.2K

345 Sep

182

79 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.52%25 Aug

0.88%29 Aug

1.39%3 Sep

0.80%

4.43%4 Sep

1.84%

0.00%5 Sep

7.69%

0.00%9 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes71.1%275 in total

Reposts23.3%90 in total

Replies3.6%14 in total

Bookmarks2.1%8 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.