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How will Canada clear the health care backlog caused by the pandemic? CMA releases report outlining some of the issues but does not include primary care and disease prevention.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 27, 2020 Source: Clearing health care backlog caused by COVID-19 will require $1.3B in additional funding: CMA
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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.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 26, 2020 Source:Inner Workings: Researchers race to develop in-home testing for COVID-19, a potential game changer
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Sunday House Call, #762, October 25, 2020: “Worth its weight in salt”
How SARS-CoV-2 uses two doorways into the human cell and the interesting discovery that many were not expecting. Your calls about: Temporal Arteritis The High Dose Flu Vaccine A 90 year-old man otherwise healthy suddenly develops fatigue and loss of physical endurance Management of Dermoid Cyst on an 18 month-old’s head just behind the ear…
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Superspeader events are an illustration of how unforgiving COVID-19 transmission is of human behaviour/decisions when one person can cause many others to get sick.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 23, 2020 Source: How superspreader events have contributed to B.C.’s recent COVID-19 surge
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COVID-19 outbreaks noted in some Ottawa sports teams. Contact tracing needed to determine if the activity itself is a contributing factor. Plus, the CDC guideline change; should one data point alter policy recommendations?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 22, 2020 Source:Outbreaks rattle Ottawa sports teams who say they are following rules Reference:CDC updates its guidelines for close Covid-19 contact after prison guard gets infected
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Researchers are doing their job when clinical trials are put on hold. Data and safety monitoring are part of the process. There are no shortcuts even for the Covid-19 vaccines in development.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 21, 2020 Source:Covid-19 vaccine researchers left in the dark as trials remain on hold
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Purposefully infecting vaccine-study volunteers with coronavirus to speed up the development and approval process is unethical and fraught with the law of unintended consequences.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 20, 2020 Source: UK taps Open Orphan to explore vaccine trials that infect volunteers with coronavirus
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Sweden’s government decides to (partially) reverse course on their public health approach to the pandemic.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 18, 2020 Source:Sweden is moving away from its no-lockdown strategy and preparing strict new rules amid rising coronavirus cases
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Sunday House Call, #761, October 18, 2020: Sweden’s wishful thinking reality smackdown.
Sunday House Call, #761 ,October 18, 2020 A devastating review in Time magazine about the Swedish public health response to the pandemic. Your calls about: N95 masks vs cotton ply Blood tests to monitor the affects of amiodarone (used to treat atrial fibrillation) Treatment of Peyronie’ s disease Knee pain issues A person is taking…
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