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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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When should you get tested for COVID-19 infection? Ottawa Public Health has guidelines to help.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 17, 2020 Source:COVID-19 Testing Information
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CDC study associates restaurant dining with increased risk of COVID-19 positivity. It used self-reporting among four other limitations e.g. it did not ask if people were indoors or outside when they ate. No correlation can be drawn.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 16, 2020 Source:People who tested positive for COVID-19 were twice as likely to have dined at a restaurant: CDC study Reference:Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults ≥18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020
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Can universal facial masking reduce Covid-19 disease severity through “variolation”? NEJM commentary proposes a hypothesis that suggests further investigation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 15, 2020 Source:Face masks could be giving people Covid-19 immunity, researchers suggest Reference:Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine
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Excessive fatigue, respiratory and cardiovascular problems remaining months after COVID-19 infection reported in younger people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 14, 2020 Source: Months after infection, COVID-19 patients report breathing difficulty, excessive fatigue
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Flu shots recommended as a means to reduce morbidity and mortality in addition to reducing the impact on the health-care system during second wave. However, provision is problematic. Many offices do not have the resources or space to do it given pandemic protocols. Officials have not provided any guidance.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 11, 2020 Source:Flu shot extra important this year, N.S. health experts say
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