September 17, 2020 General information When should you get tested for COVID-19 infection? Ottawa Public Health has guidelines to help.
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 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 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 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?
August 28, 2020 Health Policy No evidence forthcoming from the CDC to explain the change in testing guidelines for asymptomatic people exposed to coronavirus.
August 27, 2020 General information Will drugstores be able to fulfill all the accepted public health operational guidelines and infrastructure if they are approved to provide COVID-19 testing centres? If yes, then there is no issue.
August 26, 2020 General information SARS-CoV-2 reported to be transmitted through aerosols in addition to other modes.
August 24, 2020 Emergency Medicine Data shows that Canadians avoided emergency room visits during the first three months of the pandemic
