August 18, 2021 Health Policy Muddled vaccination policy in the workplace especially the health care and education sectors will produce muddled results children and the vulnerable can ill afford. Does anyone think “vaccination education sessions” will change antivaccination attitudes?
August 16, 2021 Health Policy The Atlantic explains how the Delta variant is affecting children in the US especially in areas with low vaccination rates. There is understandable trepidation for unvaccinated Canadian children returning to school.
August 12, 2021 Addiction Small study of young people with no history of smoking or vaping showed single vaping session led to cellular oxidative stress responses (cause of inflammatory disease, heart disease, etc). More investigation needed to determine long-term use outcomes.
August 11, 2021 Epidemiology BioNTech recommends a third COVID-19 dose is needed to protect against the Delta variant. Need evidence to support this claim. Vast majority ending up in hospital/ICU are unvaccinated; evidence that to date, two doses of #vaccineswork.
August 6, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Retrospective study finds that the flu vaccine has benefits against severe effects of COVID-19. How it does this remains unknown but if true, it will be fascinating and enlightening to figure out how our immune response works in this setting.
August 4, 2021 Epidemiology Imperial College London study provides more evidence that a double-vaccinated person is engaging in a classic and time-honoured risk-and-harm-reduction strategy. #vaccineswork
August 3, 2021 Epidemiology UK scientists’ early theoretical research forewarns of another coronavirus variant to come that will “lead to current vaccine failure.”
June 25, 2021 Epidemiology Latest CDC data indicates that COVID is rapidly becoming a disease of the unvaccinated. #VaccinesWork #GoScience
June 21, 2021 Health Policy I have recommended to my wife and two adult sons to opt for Moderna after receiving 1sr dose of Pfizer (unavailable this week). Mixing works and it is safe to do so. End result = protection #vaccineswork #protectyourfamilywithscience
June 18, 2021 Health Policy NACI now recommends “preferred” interchangeable Pfizer & Moderna as second dose after first AZ vaccine. Correct decision but NACI’s less-than-stellar messaging trend has contributed to understandable AZ recipients and providers’ frustration.