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Unfortunately what is happening in Manitoba with younger people accounting for the bulk of new COVID-19 cases is a harbinger of what is likely to happen in Ontario.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 7, 2021 Source:Youngest residents now account for largest share of new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba
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Sunday House Call, #806, September 5, 2021: “We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe” – 19th Century theologian and scholar John Henry Newman
Topics today include: My weekly radio show editorial: The antivaccination protests have gone too far. Audio link below. Audio clip reference: ‘Really reassuring’: Israeli study on COVID-19 vaccine finds low risk of reaction among those with history of allergies Your calls about The third dose Pfizer vaccine common side effects Femoral nerve laceration A 22…
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As physicians, we want to prevent illness and treat people so that can get back to their lives and not leave behind grieving children, friends, and family. If ivermectin worked for COVID, we would use it. https://bit.ly/3jIbdFw https://bit.ly/38SozsN
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 3, 2021 Source:Health Canada warns people not to treat COVID with ivermectin dewormer as demand surges in feed storesIvermectin, Convalescent Plasma and Hydroxychloroquine: One Year of Rotten ApplesIvermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 5: The Nobel Prize gambit Reference:Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19
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Large randomized study add weight and evidence to the public health recommendation that surgical masks will limit coronavirus spread.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 2, 2021 Source:Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say Reference: The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19:A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
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Moderna vs Pfizer antibody titre study cannot answer if it leads to differences in cellular immunity, protection against variants, duration, risks of transmission or clinical outcomes. Real world data shows they both work equally well. #vaccineswork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 1, 2021 Source:Moderna Makes Twice as Many Antibodies as Pfizer, Study Says Reference:Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response Following Vaccination With BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273
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The new school illness COVID screening guideline policy: The Fizzbin of public health communications. Sadly this policy muck up fails Communications 101 with conflicting public health recommendations. Instruction clarity is paramount. #keepitsimple
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 31, 2021 Source:What do Ontario’s new COVID-19 screening guidelines mean for Ottawa parents?
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The three reasons for mRNA COVID vaccine medical exemptions are documented allergy to polyethylene glycol, or after the first vaccine dose, severe allergic reactions or myocarditis. Physicians advised not to provide notes for invalid reasons.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 30, 2021 Source:Why medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines might be hard to obtain
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Sunday House Call, #805, August 29, 2021: The risks of not taking the (lesser) risk of vaccination. In addition, it is unlikely your doctor will provide you with a medical exemption note to support your decision to not get vaccinated.
If you are getting exhausted by the continual espousing of the Internet’s canard of “not enough research has been done on the vaccine”, “the vaccines were rushed to market”, and “Covid is not dangerous so I don’t need the vaccine”, major new studies have been released to refute each and every one of these pieces…
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Third dose of COVID-19 vaccine now available for higher-risk populations in Ontario. #vaccineswork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 27, 2021 Source:COVID-19 booster now available for higher-risk Ottawa residents Reference:Third dose of COVID-19 vaccine now available to higher-risk populations
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