August 12, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Although it was a specific and isolated population, there are lessons to be learned that point to rejecting the hypothesis that “natural” herd immunity will get us out of the pandemic.
August 11, 2020 Health Headlines A grand bargain to try to make school work and convince parents of its merits. Plan is predicated on many assumptions and limited evidence.
August 10, 2020 Allergy/Immunology There is still too much we do not know to say that people with asymptomatic Covid-19 are “the key to ending the pandemic”
July 16, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Still too early in the pandemic to determine how long immunity lasts after initial infection.
July 14, 2020 Epidemiology Lots of questions remain and it is too early to conclude that asthma is not associated with increased risk of hospitalization among Covid-19 patients
July 9, 2020 Epidemiology Early reports of coronavirus causing neurological problems are important and require further assessment. Plus, the virus is under control in Canada but we have to remember how we got here.
July 8, 2020 Epidemiology More discussion with @billcarrolltalk about the Covid aerosol issue as explained, as always, in fine evidenced-based fashion by @gorkson in his recent Science Based Medicine article.
July 7, 2020 Health Policy How much should we be concerned about coronvirus-spreading-microdroplets? @gorkson has an excellent post that reviews the evidence to date.
June 29, 2020 Epidemiology How “pool testing” could help reduce number of daily tests yet help increase the chances of finding early outbreaks of Covid-19 infections in regions of low disease incidence.