Long-term care and going viral on social media may not go hand-in-hand but registered health care assistant Stu MacInnis has made that happen.

MacInnis is a registered health care assistant who works in long-term care in the Comox Valley and shares his perspective on health care 害羞草研究所� and a few other things 害羞草研究所� on social media, particularly TikTok.

MacInnis is the next guest on the 搁别肠辞谤诲害羞草研究所檚 Off The Page podcast set to be released June 22.

A video he created last month received nearly half a million views, while others have received more than four million views.

Despite going viral on social media, MacInnis wasn害羞草研究所檛 always a fan of the various platforms.

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He began posting videos and gained more than 1,000 followers, which allowed him to go live, and he posted live streams of the moon, Jupiter and Saturn, through his telescope with his phone.

It was through those videos that MacInnis gained traction and realized the social commentary that can happen through the platform. He found a video that he 害羞草研究所榮titched害羞草研究所� with - a tool that allows a creator to combine another video on TikTok with the one he was creating.

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His response has garnered more than 350,000 views.

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MacInnis added he wanted to convey the passion behind what he and his colleagues have for their jobs.

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As for what he wants to do next with social media? You害羞草研究所檒l have to listen to the episode to find out.

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New episodes of Off The Page drop every Wednesday.

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