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More robust contact tracing site identification required to determine where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 28, 2020 Source: Gyms? Bars? Backyards? Why we don’t know more about where COVID-19 is spreading in Ontario
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Sunday House Call, #758, September 27, 2020: Are the Covid-19 vaccine trials designed to succeed from the start?
Sunday House Call, #758, September 27, 2020: Are the Covid-19 vaccine trials designed to succeed from the start? Topics today include: When coronavirus vaccines are eventually approved, how certain will we be that they will prevent severe disease. An opinion piece in the Washington Post by William Haseltine, former Harvard Medical School professor and founder…
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Ontario’s confirmed cases’ trend matches March’s exponential curve. Do governments act now restricting access to “non-essential” businesses or wait to see what happens? Unchecked exponential growth can lead to even harsher decisions down the line.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 25, 2020 Source:Hospital group calls for tighter COVID-19 restrictions on, gyms, restaurants, other venues
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It will happen when it does; Predicting when the vaccine will be approved and ready for use is a mug’s game.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 24, 2020 Source:Fauci ‘cautiously optimistic’ about coronavirus vaccine approval by end of 2020
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Fever as a school screening parameter for potential COVID-19 infections in children is problematic for many reasons. This includes inaccurate devices, choice of location (oral, ear, etc), and that a majority of children with COVID-19 will not have a fever.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 23, 2020 Source:Temperature Isn’t a Good Litmus Test for Coronavirus, Doctors Say Reference: From UpToDate.com (last updated September 14, 2020) In children of all ages — The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar in children and adults, but the frequency of symptoms varies. COVID-19 appears to be milder in children than in adults and…
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Ottawa school board to review enacting mandatory facemask policy for younger children
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 22, 2020 Source:Ottawa’s largest school board debates mandatory masks for younger children — again
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CDC updates guidance acknowledging what most everyone else accepted months ago that coronavirus spreads through airborne respiratory droplets and aerosols.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 21, 2020 Source:Updated CDC guidance acknowledges coronavirus can spread through the air
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Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS
Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS The McGill Office for Science and Society or McGill OSS (@McGillOSS) is one of my go to websites with respect to analysis of scientific discoveries, hypotheses, reviews of science reporting, and areas…
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Overlap between allergy and cold/ COVID -19 symptoms can lead to inaccurate assumptions and unfortunate consequences. @billcarrolltalk and I talk about this issue in the context of Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 who thought they had allergies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 17, 2020 Source:Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 thought they had allergies
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