February 5, 2021 General information Do people need a mask upgrade? @WSJ reviews the studies and some of the recommendations.
February 4, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Lancet posts Oxford Vaccine Group preprint study on how the timing of the booster dose of its Oxford-AZ vaccine affects the immune response and efficacy for people 18-55 years of age.
February 3, 2021 Bioengineering Excellent review of myths of enlisting more companies to make mRNA vaccine by @DerekLowe. Bespoke machines, processes & tech, multiple supply chains, a myriad of Sci & Eng expertise & steps needed before mass production. Many pharma companies can’t do it.
February 2, 2021 Epidemiology First case of South African variant confirmed in Ontario’s Peel Region. Person had no history of travel. Dominance by more vaccine-resistant virus helped in part by slow vaccine rollout, incomplete public health measures and virus response to same.
February 1, 2021 Health Policy Vaccine/Variant Whack-a-Mole: Concerns raised that slow vaccine rollout, combined with incomplete strategies to prevent infection and spread can lead to a greater risk of further coronavirus mutations and reduced vaccine efficacy.
February 1, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #775, January 31, 2021: And then there were four.
January 29, 2021 Epidemiology The variant is to model outcome predictions as Asimov’s Foundation series’ Mule was in Hari Seldon’s Psychohistory projections. Extracting six doses per vial instead of five is like Jean Luc Picard being told there are five lights when there are four.
January 28, 2021 Mental Health People need not fear admitting that they are struggling and need help. That is a strength, not weakness. We need to provide rapid access to services once you come forward. Long wait times help no one. #BellLetsTalk
January 27, 2021 Biomedical Engineering After 10 months of daily pandemic segments, @billcarrolltalk and I changed gears and talked about Israeli defibrillator drones with nary a “C” word mentioned.
January 26, 2021 Geriatrics Vaccine shortage has led to Ontario’s plan to delay health care provider’s second dose for some and redirect them to long-term care residents so that by Feb. 5 all will have had at least one dose.
