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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • July 7, 2020

    How much should we be concerned about coronvirus-spreading-microdroplets? @gorkson has an excellent post that reviews the evidence to date.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 7, 2020 Source:Scientists warn of overlooked danger from coronavirus-spreading airborne microdroplets Reference:Is COVID-19 transmitted by airborne aerosols?

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    aerosols, Covid-19, microdroplets
  • July 6, 2020

    In retrospect, mandatory face mask policy may be late to the party. We can’t change the past but lets use what we have learned for the betterment of all moving forward.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 6, 2020 Source:Mandatory face mask policy in Ottawa and other cities is ‘months late’: uOttawa professor

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    face masks
  • July 5, 2020

    Sunday House Call, #746, July 5, 2020: Amongst the Covid muck, good science is still there plodding away

    Sunday House Call, #746, July 5, 2020: Amongst the Covid muck, good science is still there plodding away Topics today include: Researchers have developed a drug that seems to reduce the viral load of HIV in infected people.Phase 1 and 2 trials have been done but it the phase 3 arm that will help determine…

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  • July 3, 2020

    Unmasking the untruths

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 3, 2020 Source: Coronavirus: Does wearing a face mask pose any health risks? Not for most people

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    face masks
  • July 2, 2020

    Study finds that many #Sars-CoV-2 antibody tests are inaccurate.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2020 Source: Canadian-led research casts doubt on accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests Reference: Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis

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    antibody test, SARS-CoV-2
  • June 30, 2020

    New ‘pandemic potential’ flu strain found in pigs. Also, Face Mask Follies: A Revisit to Dunning-Krugerville

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 30, 2020 Source:Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China

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    Dunning-Kruger, face masks, flu virus
  • June 29, 2020

    How “pool testing” could help reduce number of daily tests yet help increase the chances of finding early outbreaks of Covid-19 infections in regions of low disease incidence.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 29, 2020 Source: ‘Pool testing’ could help U.S. crank up to millions of tests per day

    tagged:

    Covid-19, Pool testing, SARS-CoV-2
  • June 28, 2020

    Sunday House Call, #745, June 28, 2020: Who’s watching the arrivals?

    Sunday House Call, #745, June 28, 2020: Who’s watching the arrivals? Topics today include: As Toronto’s Pearson international Airport starts receiving more flights from Texas and Florida that have significant daily increases of Covid-19 infection due to their lack of public cooperation and Government stupidity, what are the procedures in place to maintain contact with…

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  • June 26, 2020

    Ontario family doctors competing for limited supply of increasingly expensive PPE. Laws of supply and demand are self-evident.

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 26, 2020 Source:Family doctors turn to charity, other businesses to address PPE shortage

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    PPE, shortages
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