March 24, 2021 Health Policy Quebec proposes one Covid vaccine for those who were previously infected without any substantive evidence to support such a policy change.
March 19, 2021 Epidemiology Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.
March 18, 2021 Epidemiology The slow decline of Covid-19 case counts in Canada seems to have ended for now according to Dr. Tam’s analysis of the latest data. Vaccine procurement and subsequent distribution remains the wild card to get out of the pandemic’s version of Groundhog Day.
March 17, 2021 Health Policy Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches states that Ottawa headed for Covid-19 red zone designation again this coming week. If true, why wait for it to become worse by delaying the official change?
March 11, 2021 Health Policy Ontario family physicians remain unaware about their role in providing soon-to-expire AZ COVID-19 vaccines. Hopefully there will be sufficient time to set up offices before allotment’s expiry date. Vague nonspecific answers to media are not helpful.
March 3, 2021 Epidemiology The pained expression of Dr. Anthony Fauci said it all in response to Texas governor’s decision to eliminate Covid-19 mask mandate and allow 100 per cent business occupancy.
March 2, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario mulling extending dosing interval of Covid-19 vaccine to four months. If there is definitive evidence supporting this policy change, then it should be enacted.
March 1, 2021 Alternative Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario seeks input from members about policy changes for non-evidenced-based therapies.
February 24, 2021 Epidemiology Education workers ask to be included as part of the next COVID-19 vaccination phase. It can contribute to a stable school year, improve children’s mental health and pedagogic stability, teacher security, and reduces family stress and yo-yo closures.
February 19, 2021 Epidemiology What is behind recent COVID-19 case reductions? An aggregate of factors with disproportionate influences thought to be contributing factors: social distancing, seasonality, seroprevalence, and shots.