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With common cold and flu season now here, and COVID remaining ever-present, should one get a COVID test with each instance of symptoms during the season? Generally yes if you are in close contact with others during the course of your daily activities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 10, 2021 Source:Cold, flu, or COVID? Stay home and get tested, Northern Health says
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Should fully vaccinated Canadians returning home from the U.S. continue to need a negative COVID PCR test within 72 hours to cross the border into Canada?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 8, 2021 Source:All lanes open Monday at Canada-U.S. land border, but PCR test still a drag on travel
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Sunday House Call, #814, November 7, 2021: How to turn the term “health care worker” into an oxymoron.
The central tenet of medicine is to do no harm to your patients. Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers in close contract with patients is part of that responsibility. Those that choose not to fulfill this obligation to patients and their coworkers are in the wrong endeavour. Ref:Ontario and Quebec could not have chosen a worse…
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AstraZeneca applies for approval of antibody treatment that provides passive immunity against COVID-19 for up to a year according to the press release. Indicated for vulnerable people who are immunocompromised or who have not responded to the vaccine.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 4, 2021 Source:Health Canada to review AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy that could prevent COVID-19
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A vaccinated person who develops a breakthrough COVID infection by far has less risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death compared to the unvaccinated. This is not anything we did not already know; vaccines prevent severe outcomes of infection.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 2, 2021 Source:Active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa hold steady
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Ottawa Public Health announces that the general public can now receive the flu vaccine starting today. #VaccinesWork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 1, 2021 Source:Ottawa Public Health, doctor’s offices and pharmacies begin rolling out the flu vaccine this week
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Sunday House Call, #813, October 31, 2021: Break on Through to the Other Side
A vaccinated person who develops a breakthrough COVID infection by far has less risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death compared to the unvaccinated. This is not anything we did not already know. The vaccines work to prevent severe outcomes of infection. Ref: COVID-19 vaccines reducing spread, severity despite breakthrough cases, experts say Your calls…
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Neuropathologist report identifies other causes of mystery illness cluster in New Brunswick. No new illness discovered. Demonstrates the importance of taking the time to evaluate the evidence before rushing to judgement.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 28, 2021 Source:Eight people from N.B. mystery illness cluster may have been misdiagnosed, new research says
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