May 19, 2020 Allergy/Immunology The snake-oil-peddling President. And in real science news, a new study sheds light on immune response to SARS-CoV-2.
May 17, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #739, May 17, 2020: Proper grocery aisle pandemic etiquette is inversely proportional to the probability of a second wave.
May 15, 2020 Health Policy What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.
May 14, 2020 Generic Drugs Will there be an increase in superbugs after SARS-CoV-2? Further evaluation is required to determine if there has been an increase in indiscriminate antibiotic use during the pandemic. We probably will not know the answer for some time.
May 13, 2020 Health Policy Health Canada’s approval of SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has its limitations but is a good first step to prepare for the easing of restrictions. Public health policy decisions will depend on its availability in significant quantity.
May 12, 2020 Epidemiology Unfortunately, we do not have the tests and contact tracing availability to fulfill the WHO “extreme vigilance” guidelines to safely return to work and reopen schools in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.
May 11, 2020 Epidemiology Some provinces are acting prematurely to ease restrictions if we look at what has happened with cluster outbreaks in South Korea and in Germany. These are countries that are better prepared than us and it still happened.
May 8, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Interesting approach using monoclonal antibodies to treat Covid-19 infections. However clinical trials must follow to confirm in vitro findings.
May 7, 2020 Epidemiology A million tests done in Canada over the past few months falls far short of what is required moving forward. It will have to be multiples of this within shorter time intervals if we want to resume “normal” life.
