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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • October 23, 2020

    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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    Superspreaders
  • October 22, 2020

    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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    contact tracing, Covid-19, hockey
  • October 21, 2020

    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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    Covid-19, Phase 3, vaccine, vaccine safety
  • October 20, 2020

    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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    coronavirus vaccine, medical ethics, Vaccines
  • October 19, 2020

    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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    coronavirus, Sweden
  • October 18, 2020

    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…

    tagged:

    coronavirus, Sweden
  • October 16, 2020

    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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    Covid-19, Sweden
  • October 15, 2020

    The story is not who signed the Barrington Declaration but that its ideas are unsupported by scientific evidence. Deliberately and purposefully employing SARS-CoV-2 as your vector to achieve herd immunity presents many dangers and unintended consequences.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 15, 2020 Source:Herd immunity letter signed by fake experts including ‘Dr Johnny Bananas’ Reference:Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now And for those who propose that Sweden has the right approach: The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn’t Be a Model for the Rest…

    tagged:

    Barrington, herd immunity
  • October 14, 2020

    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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    antibodies, Covid-19
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