July 16, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Still too early in the pandemic to determine how long immunity lasts after initial infection.
July 13, 2020 Epidemiology Remembering what got us here and recognizing what has happened to other countries who did not as we enter Phase 3 will maximize our chances of success if we continue to employ face masks, physical distancing and hand washing.
June 29, 2020 Epidemiology How “pool testing” could help reduce number of daily tests yet help increase the chances of finding early outbreaks of Covid-19 infections in regions of low disease incidence.
June 18, 2020 Health Policy Ontario schools will need to reopen to create a healthy routine for children but long list of SickKids recommendations to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 exposure will be challenging for teachers, parents and their children.
June 16, 2020 Epidemiology Low prevalence of reported SARS-CoV-2 infections means that recommendations to reduce spread have worked reasonably well and must continue while we move through the stages of reopening society.
June 5, 2020 Epidemiology Parsing pandemic policy professional planning protocols per public peril perception or “What the hell is the plan?”
May 25, 2020 Epidemiology SARS CoV-2 testing to be provided to all Ottawa residents with no prerequisites. Need to be aware of false positive/negatives when screening large asymptomatic population.
May 22, 2020 Clinical Research Is this hypothesis the ACE in the hole that explains why children account for so few cases of SARS-CoV-2? Verification and further evaluation required.