January 5, 2021 Epidemiology South African coronavirus variant being studied to determine if it is more vaccine resistant.
December 17, 2020 Epidemiology “Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, it doesn’t go away” – Philip K. Dick. The Grand Bargain to quarantine before holiday gatherings is a false pretense: Not enough time, false negative testing risk, and a dash of motivated reasoning.
November 9, 2020 Cancer/Oncology Observational study concludes that month-long delays for treatment of specific cancers increases risk of mortality. Especially relevant when Covid is affecting provision of health services.
November 2, 2020 General information “The dose makes the poison” may be why SARS-CoV-2 infection presentation can range from being asymptomatic to critically ill.
October 26, 2020 Epidemiology Testing and contact tracing programs can be bolstered by home testing according to PNAS report. Researchers are trying to develop easy-to-use home tests.
October 25, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #762, October 25, 2020: “Worth its weight in salt”
October 19, 2020 Epidemiology Sweden’s government decides to (partially) reverse course on their public health approach to the pandemic.
October 18, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #761, October 18, 2020: Sweden’s wishful thinking reality smackdown.
October 5, 2020 Molecular Medicine Logistics of distributing mRNA vaccines (if approved) will be problematic. Excellent article in @TheAtlantic explains why.
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.
