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Clear public health guidelines are needed for people to know what restricted activities and actions will ease after receiving their Covid vaccine. Many erroneously assume that these changes can apply after the first dose.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 29, 2021 Source:What can we do after getting a COVID vaccine? Experts say clear guidance is needed
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Hope? Sure, but tone down the touting of experimental Pfizer drug to treat early Covid that hasn’t completed its 60-person phase 1 trial. And Miami private school ban on Covid-19-vaccinated teachers enters the pantheon of the Bizarro World.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 28, 2021 Source:Pfizer’s new at-home pill to treat Covid could be available by end of the year, CEO hopesPfizer Is Trialling The First Pill To Treat COVID-19Miami private school won’t employ teachers who get the Covid-19 vaccine Reference:Fact Check-COVID vaccines do not ‘shed’ from one person to another and then…
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Confidence in AZ vaccine growing in Canada according to poll. Many possible reasons including fear of disease, trusted advice, individual stories and experiences, and seeing friends and family being vaccinated without incident among other factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 27, 2021 Source:AstraZeneca gets big confidence jolt in Canada: Poll
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Still early but signs point to reduction of new cases per day in Ottawa.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 26, 2021 Source:‘Early signs of decreasing:’ Ottawa may have hit third wave peak during COVID-19 pandemic
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Sunday House Call, #787, April 25, 2021: If you are pregnant, please get vaccinated.
Sunday House Call, #787 , April 25, 2021: If you are pregnant, get vaccinated. NEJM-published study of preliminary evaluation of the evidence study demonstrates that vaccinating during pregnancy is safe. More information available demonstrates that pregnant women are are much greater risk of harm if infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared to nonpregnant women. Your calls about:…
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COVID-19 putting “unprecedented” numbers of pregnant women into the ICU. They should be prioritized for vaccines.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2021 Source:COVID-19 putting “unprecedented” numbers of pregnant women into the ICU. They should be prioritized for vaccines.
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Reports of rare vaccine breakthrough infections show how well the vaccines work. CDC reports findings of <1/14,000. Ongoing evaluation will help develop future versions of the vaccine to respond to the variants.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April , 2021 Source:Only 2 “breakthrough” infections among hundreds of fully vaccinated people, new study findsSo far, 5,800 fully vaccinated people have caught Covid anyway in US, CDC says Reference:Vaccine Breakthrough Infections with SARS-CoV-2 Variants
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WHO warns that worldwide Covid-19 deaths are accelerating. The return to normalcy has a long way to go even when we eventually reach herd immunity by vaccination in Canada.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 21, 2021 Source:Covid-19 deaths are accelerating, WHO warns, as world records most cases ever in a single week
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Ottawa Medical Officer of Health enacts special order that children, with some exceptions, wear masks if they are within 5 metres of slides, swings and sandboxes. Is there evidence that this will reduce transmission? (no sarcasm, truly would like to know)
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 20, 2021 Source:Masks to be required within five metres of play structures
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