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First case of South African variant confirmed in Ontario’s Peel Region. Person had no history of travel. Dominance by more vaccine-resistant virus helped in part by slow vaccine rollout, incomplete public health measures and virus response to same.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 2, 2021 Source:Ontario’s first case of South African variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Peel Region
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Vaccine/Variant Whack-a-Mole: Concerns raised that slow vaccine rollout, combined with incomplete strategies to prevent infection and spread can lead to a greater risk of further coronavirus mutations and reduced vaccine efficacy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2021 Source:New clinical trials raise fears the coronavirus is learning how to resist vaccines
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Sunday House Call, #775, January 31, 2021: And then there were four.
Two more vaccines, Johnson and Johnson and Novovax, appear to be most effective against the original coronavirus strain but less so against the new variants. Your calls about: Can you use a pressure cooker to sanitize masks? Can colchicine be used to treat coronavirus infections? Study does not have statistical significance to support this conclusion.…
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The variant is to model outcome predictions as Asimov’s Foundation series’ Mule was in Hari Seldon’s Psychohistory projections. Extracting six doses per vial instead of five is like Jean Luc Picard being told there are five lights when there are four.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2021 Source:John Ivison: Prepare for dose of reality — vaccines don’t guarantee a quick return to normal Is it five doses or six? It’s both. The Pfizer dispute, explained
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People need not fear admitting that they are struggling and need help. That is a strength, not weakness. We need to provide rapid access to services once you come forward. Long wait times help no one. #BellLetsTalk
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 28, 2021
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After 10 months of daily pandemic segments, @billcarrolltalk and I changed gears and talked about Israeli defibrillator drones with nary a “C” word mentioned.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 21, 2021 Source:
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Vaccine shortage has led to Ontario’s plan to delay health care provider’s second dose for some and redirect them to long-term care residents so that by Feb. 5 all will have had at least one dose.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2021 Source:Province to delay second vaccine doses, focus on long-term care residents
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Two positive steps forward for treatment and testing of coronavirus.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 25, 2021 Source:Ottawa-based Spartan Bioscience says rapid COVID-19 test approved by Health Canada Quebec researchers say they have found an effective drug to fight COVID-19 Reference:Anti-inflammatory therapy for COVID-19 infection: the case for colchicine
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Sunday House Call, #774, January 21, 2021: The Public Agency Of Canada: We don’t have many doctors and epidemiologists but we hired science-illiterate Treasury Board and borders services civil servants to sift through the data and make policy.
Topics today include: Well, potions and sorcery did not help this health minister from Sri Lanka. The Globe and Mail reports on the self-inflicted fiasco that has befallen the Public Health Agency of Canada. Read it and fume that the government tried to stop the release of these documents. It seems CYA is more important…
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