December 3, 2020 Health Policy As more is learned about Sars-CoV-2 incubation periods, quarantine health policy recommendations can change.
November 30, 2020 Health Policy What should the public health policy strategy be if someone refuses to be vaccinated against Sars-CoV-2?
November 27, 2020 Epidemiology There comes a point when dire modelling scenarios will fail to have the desired impact on a bludgeoned portion of the population that are doing their part. 8 months in, those who haven’t will carry on snubbing the recommendations. Next message strategy?
November 26, 2020 Health Policy There are solutions, should it occur, to reduce the incidence of non-adherence to the two dose schedule required for the coronavirus vaccines. What is Canada’s plan?
November 25, 2020 Health Policy Canada will have to wait in line for coronavirus vaccine while other countries receive it first. What policies were in place that allowed them to have the manufacturing infrastructure to supply their citizens with earlier access?
November 23, 2020 Biomedical Engineering Harvard modelling study concludes that rapid-turnaround testing can significantly reduce the spread of coronavirus.
November 20, 2020 Epidemiology How can a limited vaccine supply effectively be employed to maximally reduce the rate of spread and protect the vulnerable? Network scientists have a counterintuitive proposal.
November 19, 2020 Health Policy Can Health Canada explain why there has been a dearth of approval for rapid Covid-19 testing when the EU Commission has recommended them for widespread use? (no sarcasm intended)
November 18, 2020 Health Policy Pandemic contributing to Toronto’s SickKids’ inability to provide timely health services including surgeries and MRIs. However, this has been a “longstanding problem” prior to the outbreak.
November 17, 2020 Epidemiology Pushing the lockdown reset button with #COVIDZero will be problematic if no strategy/multilevel government support, enforcement and public buy-in is in place to follow it up.
