April 7, 2022 General information Public Health has seemingly abdicated its primary tenet to inform the public of the risks they face. Assume any “cold” symptom you have to be COVID given that PCR test availability is like hen’s teeth; you are on your own. Bonjour la visite.
April 1, 2022 Epidemiology Study in Nature presents outcome of Sweden’s pandemic policies. If claims are true, it used children as viral vectors, denied care to seniors, prevented at-risk populations admission to ICU, did not achieve herd immunity, nor blunt economic recession.
March 30, 2022 Health Statistics COVID-19 and Flu do not mix well together. Study in Lancet reports a 4 times relative risk increase for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients and are 2.4 times more likely to die compared to someone with COVID-19 alone.
February 10, 2022 Epidemiology Does a working paper from economics professor at Johns Hopkins University show lockdowns were ineffective against COVID-19? Explanation by epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, @GidMK, reviews why it did not.
January 25, 2022 Allergy/Immunology The assumption that having had Omicron confers long-term immunity especially for the unvaccinated is not necessarily a slam-dunk. Infectious disease experts aren’t clear on the answer.
January 21, 2022 Emergency Medicine Researchers examine why Ontario ER visits spike when COVID-19 cases drop. Factors include, family doctor shortage, burnout, ER COVID infection risk perception, and treatment delays among likely many others.
January 17, 2022 Alcoholism CIHI reports increasing numbers of hospitalizations for chronic medical conditions related to alcohol during the pandemic.
December 15, 2021 Epidemiology The talk of Omicron causing milder disease is premature. There’s still not enough data to draw broad conclusions about hospitalizations and the severity of disease caused by Omicron. Answers will come soon.
December 2, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario to expand eligibility of COVID-19 boosters for adults 50 and older finally recognizing that this is a three-dose vaccine. #VaccinesWork
November 23, 2021 Cancer/Oncology Were breast cancer screening guidelines based on a flawed Canadian study? Principle investigators refute allegation made by researchers from reputable institutions who will have their commentary published this week in the Journal of Medical Screening.