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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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The Swedish COVID-19 response: The Devil is in the details. A devastating review of how this is not the model for the rest of the world.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October , 2020 Source:The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn’t Be a Model for the Rest of the World
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It is too soon to draw any conclusions about short/long term immunity based on COVID-19 antibody levels. Many unknown factors remain. Time should help with the answers in future studies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 14, 2020 Source:Evidence mounts that immunity from COVID-19 antibodies has limits
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