April 18, 2022 General information Graham Richardson (@grahamctv) and I discuss the impact of the new normal on others and the many suffering in silence.
April 14, 2022 General information @BillCarroll and I discuss public’s desire for normality and that inurement to risk does not change the reality on the ground for some.
March 30, 2022 Health Statistics COVID-19 and Flu do not mix well together. Study in Lancet reports a 4 times relative risk increase for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients and are 2.4 times more likely to die compared to someone with COVID-19 alone.
March 29, 2022 Allergy/Immunology UBC, Université de Sherbrooke, and Cornell University researchers report a new enzyme-blocking compound delivered in a nasal spray that effectively treats delta variant infection in mice. Human trials dependent on securing funding.
March 9, 2022 Infectious Disease Mild Covid is associated with comparative imaging scans showing pathological changes in brain structure in people age 51-81 taken from UK Biobank data
February 10, 2022 Epidemiology Does a working paper from economics professor at Johns Hopkins University show lockdowns were ineffective against COVID-19? Explanation by epidemiologist Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, @GidMK, reviews why it did not.
January 31, 2022 Health Policy Ontario starts to ease Public Health COVID-19 measures at 21-day intervals. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore states “When we reach that low endemic rate, that’s when we review all public health measures in play.”
January 13, 2022 Epidemiology Why Covid parties are not a great idea to “get it over with”. The law of unintended consequences tends to insinuate itself into the process leading to unexpected outcomes.
December 20, 2021 Health Policy COVID-19 testing capacity in Ottawa under strain and pushed to the limit; OPH urging symptomatic people to assume they have COVID and to self-isolate for 10 days.
December 9, 2021 Health Policy Ottawa Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches expresses concern about rising COVID-19 rates and how it could affect holiday plans.
