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Risk of #coronavirus spread and contagion depends on where you are. A good review of the risks based on your location and exposure. Spoiler Alert: Buffets are really bad.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 4, 2020 Source:How the coronavirus spreads in those everyday places we visit
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Ontario lab not reporting hundreds of positive COVID-19 tests to Public Health Units damages the public’s confidence about its ability to coordinate testing and contact tracing as societal restrictions ease.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 3, 2020 Source:Hundreds of positive COVID-19 tests not reported to Ontario public health units
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Protesting: The long march back to the beginning
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2020 Source:How will protests, large gatherings impact COVID-19 numbers?
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Covid@home
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 1 , 2020 Source:New evidence: Most common place to contract COVID-19 is at home
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Sunday House Call, #741, May 31, 2020: It’s just a phase.
Sunday House Call, #741, May 31, 2020: It’s just a phase. Topics today include: SARS CoV-2 Vaccine research continues apace. The latest candidate Phase 1 results are good. Minimal side effects with respect to severity and duration. There is still a way to go. Your calls about: Non-medicinal ingredients in pills Idiopathic neuropathy Leg Cramps…
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Are people going to wear face masks in their home based on an observational study without adequate statistical power, specific and possibly non-representative population group with self-reporting bias?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 29, 2020 Source:New study suggests wearing a face mask at home could help limit spread of COVID-19 ‘Am I going to have it forever?’: Cambridge, Ont. woman tests positive for COVID-19 eight times in 50 days
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The irony of claims of SARS-CoV-2 being a bacterium going viral. And, claims of antibody being a “cure” for Covid-19 are a tad premature when you have not done any animal or human trials to date. Good science but take the time to prove your claim.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 28, 2020 Source:This U of T scientist says he’s invented a ‘cure’ for COVID-19. Will patients ever see it?COVID-19 Mythbusting
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Vaccine trial clinical investigators are worried that participants are MIA
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 27, 2020 Source: Promising coronavirus vaccine might be delayed because not enough people are getting sick
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IS HCQ DOA?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 26, 2020 Source:World Health Organization temporarily halts hydroxychloroquine trials
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