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
August 20, 2021 Epidemiology As the SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve, how will they change the pandemic? Detailed article in Science provides some of the details. https://bit.ly/37WKBtK
August 16, 2021 Health Policy The Atlantic explains how the Delta variant is affecting children in the US especially in areas with low vaccination rates. There is understandable trepidation for unvaccinated Canadian children returning to school.
August 11, 2021 Epidemiology BioNTech recommends a third COVID-19 dose is needed to protect against the Delta variant. Need evidence to support this claim. Vast majority ending up in hospital/ICU are unvaccinated; evidence that to date, two doses of #vaccineswork.
August 1, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #801, August 1, 2021: Safety in numbers #vaccineswork
July 5, 2021 Epidemiology Base rate bias misrepresenting and overstating Delta variant’s effect on vaccinated populations compared to the unvaccinated. @dr_kkjetelina has published an excellent explanation of this fallacy. #vaccineswork
June 15, 2021 Health Statistics Observational studies show excellent efficacy of two-dose regimen of Pfizer or AZ against the Delta variant dramatically reducing the risk of hospitalization. #vaccineswork