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ROLLING STONE – “Anti-Vaxxers Are Flipping Out Over Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis”. There is no evidence of a connection between COVID vaccine and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. It is not known if he had the vaccine after getting COVID in Feb ’22.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13 and 14, 2022 Source:What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome? Justin Bieber’s diagnosis explainedROLLING STONE – Anti-Vaxxers Are Flipping Out Over Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis Reference:Justin Bieber, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, SADS, and how to antivaxxers everything is always about vaccines
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Retracted Canadian study that reported 1/1000 risk of myocarditis from mRNA vaccine weaponized by anti-vaccination websites despite data correction by the authors to 1/25,000. Review system worked to uncover error but damage now done.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 27, 2021 Source:A Canadian COVID-19 study that turned out to be wrong has spread like wildfire among anti-vaxxers
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The unfortunate, yet predictable ICU admission population. In B.C. all under the age of 50 are unvaccinated. Needless suffering for them and their families. Please be well and remain so by getting vaccinated. Be there for your children. #VaccinesWork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 10, 2021 Source:All COVID-19 patients under age 50 in B.C. ICUs are unvaccinated, health minister says
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Sunday House Call, #806, September 5, 2021: “We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe” – 19th Century theologian and scholar John Henry Newman
Topics today include: My weekly radio show editorial: The antivaccination protests have gone too far. Audio link below. Audio clip reference: ‘Really reassuring’: Israeli study on COVID-19 vaccine finds low risk of reaction among those with history of allergies Your calls about The third dose Pfizer vaccine common side effects Femoral nerve laceration A 22…
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What should the public health policy strategy be if someone refuses to be vaccinated against Sars-CoV-2?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 30, 2020 Source:What happens if someone refuses vaccination? Ethicists urge clarity on COVID-19 rollout
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When anti-vaxxers win, children die. So it did in Samoa.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 31, 2019 Source:Samoa ends state of emergency after 5,667 cases of measles
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Ottawa school has greatest philosophical vaccine exemption rate. The California policy change to eliminate it reversed this outcome in their schools.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 11, 2019 Source:This school may have the city’s highest philosophical vaccine exemption rate Reference:Study Examines Fallout of California Vaccine Exemption Law
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U.S. maintains its measles elimination status for now but vaccine misinformation by antivaxxers continues to whittle away at it. Your (grand)mother and (grand)father would not be proud;they remember our disease history. Children suffered damage and died.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 9, 2019 Source:‘Vaccine hesitancy’ almost cost the U.S. its measles elimination status
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Wednesday House Call, September 25, 2019: Calls for elimination of non-medical vaccine exemptions in Ontario
Wednesday House Call, September 25, 2019: Calls for elimination of non-medical vaccine exemptions in Ontario Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss Toronto Public Health’s call for the elimination of vaccine exemption for philosophical and religious reasons. Your calls about: Hayfever management Muscle fascia stretching is not a thing Whooping cough in a 75…