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SARS CoV-2 testing to be provided to all Ottawa residents with no prerequisites. Need to be aware of false positive/negatives when screening large asymptomatic population.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 25, 2020 Source: Reference:Any Ottawa resident can be tested for COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health
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Sunday House Call, #740, May 24, 2020: Surfs up!
Sunday House Call, #740, May 24, 2020: Surfs up! Topics today include: The risk of a second wave is mounting with people casting off concerns about physical distancing exemplified by event in a Toronto park. The most recent observational hydroxychloroquine study does not show any benefit but increased the risk of cardiac complications. Randomized trials…
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Is this hypothesis the ACE in the hole that explains why children account for so few cases of SARS-CoV-2? Verification and further evaluation required.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 21, 2020 Source:Why do children account so few cases of SARS-CoV-2? Reference:Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults
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As Ontario opens up, the public-health-strategy-cart is ahead of the proverbial contact-tracing-and-testing-horse. Get your surfboard ready just in case.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 21, 2020 Source:Critical care doctor says the ‘inexcusable’ Ontario public health strategy is wasting the lockdown
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Although no plausible cancer-causing biological mechanism has been proven, J & J throws in the towel. Also, virus exposure time a factor in risk of successful infection among other factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 20, 2020 Source:Johnson & Johnson to discontinue talc-based baby powder in Canada and U.S. Staying safe isn’t just about hygiene and distance. It’s about time, too.
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The snake-oil-peddling President. And in real science news, a new study sheds light on immune response to SARS-CoV-2.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 19, 2020 Source:The snake oil salesman cometh Reference:Targets of T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in humans with COVID-19 disease and unexposed individuals
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Sunday House Call, #739, May 17, 2020: Proper grocery aisle pandemic etiquette is inversely proportional to the probability of a second wave.
Sunday House Call, #739, May 17, 2020: Proper grocery aisle pandemic etiquette is inversely proportional to the probability of a second wave. Topics today include: With the easing of restrictions, it seems that the grocery store is becoming a free-for-all. People ignore the one-way direction arrows and pass within a foot of each other. Others…
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What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2020 Source:The focus is shifting from trying to eliminate coronavirus to reducing the risks, a doctor says
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Will there be an increase in superbugs after SARS-CoV-2? Further evaluation is required to determine if there has been an increase in indiscriminate antibiotic use during the pandemic. We probably will not know the answer for some time.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May , 2020 Source:Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic could herald a rise in superbugs
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