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Little being done to mitigate the unsurprising exponential increase of Covid-19 cases in Ontario. Why not employ successful measures that other countries are using to protect their citizens and remain economically functional?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 13, 2020 Source:Ontario could hit 6,500 new COVID-19 cases daily by mid-December without further action, modelling shows References:How Some Asian Countries Beat Back COVID-19Covid test and trace: how does UK compare with other countries?
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COVID-19 outbreaks noted in some Ottawa sports teams. Contact tracing needed to determine if the activity itself is a contributing factor. Plus, the CDC guideline change; should one data point alter policy recommendations?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 22, 2020 Source:Outbreaks rattle Ottawa sports teams who say they are following rules Reference:CDC updates its guidelines for close Covid-19 contact after prison guard gets infected
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Lack of contact tracing data limits ability to set appropriate targeted public health policy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 13, 2020 Source:Health officials don’t know how a third of Ottawans with COVID-19 got sick
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More robust contact tracing site identification required to determine where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 28, 2020 Source: Gyms? Bars? Backyards? Why we don’t know more about where COVID-19 is spreading in Ontario
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Ontario lab not reporting hundreds of positive COVID-19 tests to Public Health Units damages the public’s confidence about its ability to coordinate testing and contact tracing as societal restrictions ease.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 3, 2020 Source:Hundreds of positive COVID-19 tests not reported to Ontario public health units
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As Ontario opens up, the public-health-strategy-cart is ahead of the proverbial contact-tracing-and-testing-horse. Get your surfboard ready just in case.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 21, 2020 Source:Critical care doctor says the ‘inexcusable’ Ontario public health strategy is wasting the lockdown
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What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2020 Source:The focus is shifting from trying to eliminate coronavirus to reducing the risks, a doctor says
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Unfortunately, we do not have the tests and contact tracing availability to fulfill the WHO “extreme vigilance” guidelines to safely return to work and reopen schools in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 12, 2020 Source:‘Extreme vigilance’ needed to go back to work, schools after coronavirus lockdown: WHO
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Strategy to relax the pandemic restrictions must be instituted nationwide and include accurate and copious testing and contact tracing in order to mitigate the second wave.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 5, 2020 Source:Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases