October 9, 2020 Epidemiology Superspreader events + no masks + no physical distancing + poor contact tracing = well, what do you think will happen? Same answer for every country that used this equation.
October 8, 2020 Epidemiology Dr. Tam’s citing increasing numbers of confirmed COVID cases also requires the denominator of total tests done. Use absolute instead of relative percentage changes. Be consistent with methodology or risk erosion of the public’s trust.
October 6, 2020 Health Policy Would you allow anyone who is being treated for COVID-19 and remains infectious to come to your workplace or home? In addition, when they do show up, they take off their mask. I leave it to you to come to your own conclusions.
October 2, 2020 Health Policy Ontario students will require negative COVID test in order to return to school only if they have either fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breathe. Runny nose or sore throat no longer require testing but home monitoring for 24 hours.
October 1, 2020 Epidemiology Study posits that severity of respiratory failure seen in people with COVID-19 is associated with a gene cluster inherited from Neanderthals. More evaluation required to understand the function of this cluster if shown to be causal.
September 30, 2020 Epidemiology From a frequency of symptoms perspective, fever, cough or shortness of breath occur in about 6 out of ten children 0-19 years of age. Point of care testing needed to help parents and schools avoid misdiagnosis when a child has the sniffles.
September 29, 2020 Epidemiology Media and Public Health commentary on daily numbers in Ontario citing all the false +/- needs to comment on noted exponential change. Smaller true pos numbers can quickly become larger ones and how likely will this be the outcome with present measures?
September 28, 2020 Epidemiology More robust contact tracing site identification required to determine where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur.
September 27, 2020 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #758, September 27, 2020: Are the Covid-19 vaccine trials designed to succeed from the start?
September 23, 2020 Health Policy Fever as a school screening parameter for potential COVID-19 infections in children is problematic for many reasons. This includes inaccurate devices, choice of location (oral, ear, etc), and that a majority of children with COVID-19 will not have a fever.