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As Ontario opens up, the public-health-strategy-cart is ahead of the proverbial contact-tracing-and-testing-horse. Get your surfboard ready just in case.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 21, 2020 Source:Critical care doctor says the ‘inexcusable’ Ontario public health strategy is wasting the lockdown
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Although no plausible cancer-causing biological mechanism has been proven, J & J throws in the towel. Also, virus exposure time a factor in risk of successful infection among other factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 20, 2020 Source:Johnson & Johnson to discontinue talc-based baby powder in Canada and U.S. Staying safe isn’t just about hygiene and distance. It’s about time, too.
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The snake-oil-peddling President. And in real science news, a new study sheds light on immune response to SARS-CoV-2.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 19, 2020 Source:The snake oil salesman cometh Reference:Targets of T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in humans with COVID-19 disease and unexposed individuals
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Sunday House Call, #739, May 17, 2020: Proper grocery aisle pandemic etiquette is inversely proportional to the probability of a second wave.
Sunday House Call, #739, May 17, 2020: Proper grocery aisle pandemic etiquette is inversely proportional to the probability of a second wave. Topics today include: With the easing of restrictions, it seems that the grocery store is becoming a free-for-all. People ignore the one-way direction arrows and pass within a foot of each other. Others…
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What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2020 Source:The focus is shifting from trying to eliminate coronavirus to reducing the risks, a doctor says
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Will there be an increase in superbugs after SARS-CoV-2? Further evaluation is required to determine if there has been an increase in indiscriminate antibiotic use during the pandemic. We probably will not know the answer for some time.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May , 2020 Source:Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic could herald a rise in superbugs
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Health Canada’s approval of SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has its limitations but is a good first step to prepare for the easing of restrictions. Public health policy decisions will depend on its availability in significant quantity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2020 Source:Health Canada approves first test to detect antibodies for COVID-19
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Unfortunately, we do not have the tests and contact tracing availability to fulfill the WHO “extreme vigilance” guidelines to safely return to work and reopen schools in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 12, 2020 Source:‘Extreme vigilance’ needed to go back to work, schools after coronavirus lockdown: WHO
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Some provinces are acting prematurely to ease restrictions if we look at what has happened with cluster outbreaks in South Korea and in Germany. These are countries that are better prepared than us and it still happened.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2020 Source:What works to flatten the curve and what science says on easing restrictions
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