October 9, 2020 Epidemiology Superspreader events + no masks + no physical distancing + poor contact tracing = well, what do you think will happen? Same answer for every country that used this equation.
October 6, 2020 Health Policy Would you allow anyone who is being treated for COVID-19 and remains infectious to come to your workplace or home? In addition, when they do show up, they take off their mask. I leave it to you to come to your own conclusions.
October 2, 2020 Health Policy Ontario students will require negative COVID test in order to return to school only if they have either fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breathe. Runny nose or sore throat no longer require testing but home monitoring for 24 hours.
September 30, 2020 Epidemiology From a frequency of symptoms perspective, fever, cough or shortness of breath occur in about 6 out of ten children 0-19 years of age. Point of care testing needed to help parents and schools avoid misdiagnosis when a child has the sniffles.
September 29, 2020 Epidemiology Media and Public Health commentary on daily numbers in Ontario citing all the false +/- needs to comment on noted exponential change. Smaller true pos numbers can quickly become larger ones and how likely will this be the outcome with present measures?
September 28, 2020 Epidemiology More robust contact tracing site identification required to determine where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur.
September 25, 2020 Epidemiology Ontario’s confirmed cases’ trend matches March’s exponential curve. Do governments act now restricting access to “non-essential” businesses or wait to see what happens? Unchecked exponential growth can lead to even harsher decisions down the line.
September 25, 2020 Epidemiology It will happen when it does; Predicting when the vaccine will be approved and ready for use is a mug’s game.
September 23, 2020 Health Policy Fever as a school screening parameter for potential COVID-19 infections in children is problematic for many reasons. This includes inaccurate devices, choice of location (oral, ear, etc), and that a majority of children with COVID-19 will not have a fever.
September 22, 2020 Health Policy Ottawa school board to review enacting mandatory facemask policy for younger children
