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Quebec proposes one Covid vaccine for those who were previously infected without any substantive evidence to support such a policy change.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 21, 2021 Source: Quebec recommending just one vaccine dose for people previously infected with COVID-19
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Sunday House Call, #782, March 21, 2021: Bad science that sticks to your ribs.
The litany of discredited COVID-19 preventions, cures and treatments that never seem to go away. The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19Ivermectin, Convalescent Plasma and Hydroxychloroquine: One Year of Rotten Apples Your calls about: 80 year-old woman asks if she can get the Covid vaccine after pneumonia Covid vaccine recommendations if immunocompromised Vaccine side effects…
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Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 19, 2021 Source:Parents of schoolchildren in two Montreal neighbourhoods to get vaccines immediately in effort to fight variants
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The slow decline of Covid-19 case counts in Canada seems to have ended for now according to Dr. Tam’s analysis of the latest data. Vaccine procurement and subsequent distribution remains the wild card to get out of the pandemic’s version of Groundhog Day.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 18, 2021 Source:Dr. Tam says Canada-wide drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths starting to level off
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Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches states that Ottawa headed for Covid-19 red zone designation again this coming week. If true, why wait for it to become worse by delaying the official change?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2021 Source:Ottawa to move into COVID-19 red zone within a week: Etches
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NACI to recommend AZ vaccine for Canadians over age 65 based on positive real-world results after millions of doses. It has a comparable reduction in the risk of symptomatic disease and hospitalization compared to 18-64 year-olds.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 16, 2021 Source:Canada will recommend AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine for those over 65, documents show
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Physicians and researchers noticing sudden development of diabetes in some people following Covid infection.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 15, 2021 Source:A new COVID-19 side effect? Some patients are developing sudden onset diabetes
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Sunday House Call, #781 , March 14, 2021: Where is that little dog?
Oh where or where has my little vaccine gone?Oh where or where can it be?With its numbers cut short and its deadlines cut long,Oh where or where can it be? Check out the website Our World in Data for the full scoop of where Canada places in the world of Covid vaccinations now sitting in…
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Does Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine increase risk of blood clots? To conclude this would require evidence that incidence exceeds what is normally expected in the general population. To date, this is not the case according to reports from health authorities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 12, 2021 Source:No sign Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots: Canadian health authorities
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