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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.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 21, 2022 Source:Researchers examine why Ontario ER visits spike when COVID-19 cases drop
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35 per cent of Canadians have received their third dose. Omicron is like Asimov’s Foundation series Mule who unexpectedly changed history upsetting the world view of many. Whereas two doses were good for Delta, three are needed now.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 20, 2022 Source:Despite having enough doses for all, just 35 per cent of Canadians boosted
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The Omicron Self-Isolation Rules: Let’s play FizzBin.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 19, 2022 Source:Omicron COVID-19 variant is infectious for up to 10 days, Tam says
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Preprint study tests their hypothesis behind a possible mechanism behind Long-Covid cognitive deficits. It seems to mimic what is seen with certain chemotherapy regimens that affect the brain.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 18, 2022 Source:Mild respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause multi-lineage cellular dysregulation and myelin loss in the brain
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CIHI reports increasing numbers of hospitalizations for chronic medical conditions related to alcohol during the pandemic.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2022 Source:Doctors are noticing patients are drinking more, fuelling more hospitalizations Reference: Unintended consequences of COVID-19: Impact on harms caused by substance use, self-harm and accidental falls
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Sunday House Call, #822, January 17, 2022: Tools to counter misinformation.
It is an exhausting process to continually counter the onslaught of false or made-up information because it takes minutes to throw it out for consumption and hours to formulate an evidenced-based rebuttal. One of many websites that reviews medical, and in particular, Covid-related claims is Health Feedback. It provides a concise review of the evidence…
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Why Covid parties are not a great idea to “get it over with”. The law of unintended consequences tends to insinuate itself into the process leading to unexpected outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 13, 2022 Source:5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to ‘get it over with’
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Quebec to impose fines against those who refuse to vaccinate. @billcarrolltalk and I talk about this issue. Though it may provide an outlet for the frustrated majority, it is generating necessary debate about liberty, legality, and morality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 12, 2022 Source:Quebec to impose ‘significant’ financial penalty against people who refuse to get vaccinatedTasha Kheiriddin: The unvaccinated must be deterred from harming othersJohn Ivison: Legault’s draconian overreach on the unvaccinated is no cure for the malady
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