April 15, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa’s Associate Medical Office of Health reports that the COVID situation in the city is dire. Health care system at “significant risk” of breaking down as hospital admissions are doubling every 12 days.
April 13, 2021 Epidemiology Alberta may be overselling its best-before date for easing of Covid restrictions. Does the math/evidence support the prediction that “back to normal” will return mid-September?
April 6, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health co-signs letter urging Ontario Government to issue-stay-at-home order because of rising Covid-19 infection rates and ICU admissions.
April 5, 2021 Clinical Research CDC study shows vaccines cut Covid infections and transmission. They will help get us out of the pandemic.
April 1, 2021 Epidemiology Another “lockdown” coming to Ontario that will lead to the same outcome as before. Can we expect better long-term results for the rest of the province when it has not changed much in already-locked-down zones?
March 30, 2021 Epidemiology It now does not matter that the AZ vaccine is safe, the multiple contradictory policy reversals may have irreversibly damaged the public’s confidence in it.
March 29, 2021 Epidemiology Canada’s decision to delay second doses of Covid-19 vaccines by four months may not result in the positive outcome expected for certain groups.
March 26, 2021 Epidemiology No hard evidence that a small number of people who had flu vaccine had less risk of Covid-19 infections. Socioeconomic and environmental factors at play among other more likely explanations.
March 25, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario Science Table’s report and review of the data on Covid-19 screening of LTC home staff states, “there is no available real-world evidence to support or refute the benefits of screen testing in preventing LTC home COVID-19 outbreaks”.
March 19, 2021 Epidemiology Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.
