November 4, 2021 Clinical Research 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.
November 3, 2021 Clinical Research Pfizer COVID vaccine approved in US for children 5 to 11 yo. Health Canada completing its review.
November 2, 2021 Health Policy 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.
November 1, 2021 Health Policy Ottawa Public Health announces that the general public can now receive the flu vaccine starting today. #VaccinesWork
October 27, 2021 Clinical Research Manitoba breakthrough infection data reviews the incidence by age and severity. Older people with chronic disease most at risk. Overall, compared to unvaccinated, 3% of all COVID deaths over last 10 months were amongst the fully vaccinated. #VaccinesWork
October 21, 2021 Epidemiology Small Italian report indicates that what others have noted; the majority of deaths from COVID seen in vaccinated people occur in the very old and sick. Not so if unvaccinated; More deaths seen in younger people. #VaccinesWork
October 20, 2021 Epidemiology Public Health officials concerned about upcoming flu season in relation to concurrent risks of COVID especially for at-risk populations. #VaccinesWork #ProtectYourCommunity #ProtectYourFamily
October 18, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Allergists say some vaccine reactions are not allergy-mediated and past reactions to non-COVID vaccines are to compounds not found in mRNA vaccine. Also, unlikely to have allergy to mRNA vaccine if no past reaction to Tylenol and cough syrup.
October 12, 2021 Health Policy Quebec Order of Nurses to suspend licences for those members who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 by October 15. The College of Physicians has committed to same for its members.
October 7, 2021 Epidemiology Sweden suspends Moderna vaccine but keeps Pfizer for under 30’s citing unpublished nor peer reviewed data on the “very small” risk of vaccine-induced myocarditis. Previous research reported COVID poses 5-10 times greater risk than vaccine.