January 15, 2021 Epidemiology Understandable frustration expressed by Ontario MPP citing selective evidence to end lockdowns and ‘go back to normal life’. The outcome of his ‘exit strategy’ is what happened in Sweden. Instead, do what other successful countries have done.
January 14, 2021 Epidemiology WHO states 2021 “could even be tougher”. All one has to do is look at the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 monitoring site or read what many who understand and interpret the data and public health policies to understand their conclusion.
January 8, 2021 Infectious Disease A post hoc ergo propter hoc moment: Quebec City care home outbreak after COVID-19 vaccination was not because vaccine did not work; it did not have enough time to do so. It also did not cause the outbreak; you cannot get Covid-19 from the vaccine.
January 7, 2021 Infectious Disease Can a person vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the virus? If so, it underscores the importance of achieving herd immunity through vaccination and continuing to employ accepted public health measures.
December 31, 2020 Health Policy Air travellers to Canada will need a negative test for Covid-19 three days before arrival. Why are land border crossings not included? Why only one test when false negatives can occur at the three-day mark? Details needed to understand policy rationale.
December 29, 2020 Clinical Research What are some of the concerns about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 with respect to transmission, number of fatalities, and its impact on children?
December 18, 2020 Epidemiology The addition of rapid testing has the potential to inform people when they are most contagious and can help reduce the need to repeatedly use lockdowns as your blunt instrument of choice.
December 16, 2020 Emergency Medicine Ontario hospitals alerted to prepare for a spike in COVID-19 patients as hospital ICU admissions approach capacity affecting ability to meet increasing demands for both COVID and non-COVID-related care
December 15, 2020 Health Policy With the beginning of COVID-19 vaccination in Canada, some are concerned people will prematurely ease up on public health measures before we achieve herd immunity.
December 11, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Male sex identified as a risk factor for death and ICU admission due to Covid-19 infection. There are identified differences within components of the immune system that show women have more robust responses.