May 6, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Jury still out on mixing and matching vaccines. Picture to become much clearer very soon with studies to come but assumption is that it should work given existing vaccines stimulate production of the spike protein with similar endpoint efficacy.
April 29, 2021 Health Policy Clear public health guidelines are needed for people to know what restricted activities and actions will ease after receiving their Covid vaccine. Many erroneously assume that these changes can apply after the first dose.
April 28, 2021 Clinical Research Hope? Sure, but tone down the touting of experimental Pfizer drug to treat early Covid that hasn’t completed its 60-person phase 1 trial. And Miami private school ban on Covid-19-vaccinated teachers enters the pantheon of the Bizarro World.
April 25, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #787, April 25, 2021: If you are pregnant, please get vaccinated.
April 22, 2021 Clinical Research Reports of rare vaccine breakthrough infections show how well the vaccines work. CDC reports findings of <1/14,000. Ongoing evaluation will help develop future versions of the vaccine to respond to the variants.
April 19, 2021 Health Policy AZ vaccine to be made available for everyone over 40 years of age. Fear understandable with media reporting on extremely rare blood clots but not mentioning lives saved from vaccine. Risk of harm from Covid infection causing clots is far greater.
April 15, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa’s Associate Medical Office of Health reports that the COVID situation in the city is dire. Health care system at “significant risk” of breaking down as hospital admissions are doubling every 12 days.
April 5, 2021 Clinical Research CDC study shows vaccines cut Covid infections and transmission. They will help get us out of the pandemic.
March 24, 2021 Health Policy Quebec proposes one Covid vaccine for those who were previously infected without any substantive evidence to support such a policy change.
March 21, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #782, March 21, 2021: Bad science that sticks to your ribs.
