April 27, 2021 General information Confidence in AZ vaccine growing in Canada according to poll. Many possible reasons including fear of disease, trusted advice, individual stories and experiences, and seeing friends and family being vaccinated without incident among other factors.
April 23, 2021 Health Statistics COVID-19 putting “unprecedented” numbers of pregnant women into the ICU. They should be prioritized for vaccines.
April 22, 2021 Clinical Research Reports of rare vaccine breakthrough infections show how well the vaccines work. CDC reports findings of <1/14,000. Ongoing evaluation will help develop future versions of the vaccine to respond to the variants.
April 21, 2021 Epidemiology WHO warns that worldwide Covid-19 deaths are accelerating. The return to normalcy has a long way to go even when we eventually reach herd immunity by vaccination in Canada.
April 20, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa Medical Officer of Health enacts special order that children, with some exceptions, wear masks if they are within 5 metres of slides, swings and sandboxes. Is there evidence that this will reduce transmission? (no sarcasm, truly would like to know)
April 19, 2021 Health Policy AZ vaccine to be made available for everyone over 40 years of age. Fear understandable with media reporting on extremely rare blood clots but not mentioning lives saved from vaccine. Risk of harm from Covid infection causing clots is far greater.
April 13, 2021 Epidemiology Alberta may be overselling its best-before date for easing of Covid restrictions. Does the math/evidence support the prediction that “back to normal” will return mid-September?
April 12, 2021 Health Statistics Observational study suggests that 1 in 3 COVID-19 may have long-term psychiatric and neurological consequences six months after infection
April 8, 2021 Health Policy NACI stands by its four month dosing interval but does not provide further evidence that this will work well for all age groups and for those with complicating medical conditions. Hope the gamble works (truly, no sarcasm).