September 11, 2020 Epidemiology Flu shots recommended as a means to reduce morbidity and mortality in addition to reducing the impact on the health-care system during second wave. However, provision is problematic. Many offices do not have the resources or space to do it given pandemic protocols. Officials have not provided any guidance.
September 9, 2020 Clinical Research Vaccine trial suspension is an expected response after reports of a single adverse event. It shows that proper protocols are being followed to determine if it is related to the vaccine. Phase 3 trials are designed to determine how larger and more diverse population groups respond.
September 8, 2020 Epidemiology Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
September 6, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #755,September 6, 2020: The Press Release: All the news that is not fit to print (especially uncritically)
September 4, 2020 Health Policy We will find out over the next few months, as more data is collected and studied, what combination of approaches to reducing school Covid-19 outbreak risk achieves its goals.
September 3, 2020 Epidemiology Excellent application of science as supercomputer genetic analysis generates plausible hypothesis that unifies the disparate Covid-19 symptoms into a coherent whole. Clinical studies required to prove the claim.
September 2, 2020 Health Policy Pandemic causes Ontario surgical wait time backlogs up to 84 weeks for certain procedures.
August 31, 2020 Health Policy California preschool protocols seem to be working well to reduce coronavirus transmission. Are preschoolers also uniquely resilient to coronavirus?
