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Levering the processing power of AI models may help predict the next pandemic
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 15, 2023 Source:Could AI help predict the next pandemic?
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Study in Nature presents outcome of Sweden’s pandemic policies. If claims are true, it used children as viral vectors, denied care to seniors, prevented at-risk populations admission to ICU, did not achieve herd immunity, nor blunt economic recession.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 1, 2022 Source:Did Sweden beat the pandemic by refusing to lock down? No, its record is disastrous Reference:Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden OECD Economic Surveys SWEDEN 2021
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The pandemic two years later; it ain’t over yet.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 11, 2022 Source:Covid was declared a pandemic two years ago and now we’re finally moving on — but public health experts say it’s not over
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CIHI reports increasing numbers of hospitalizations for chronic medical conditions related to alcohol during the pandemic.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2022 Source:Doctors are noticing patients are drinking more, fuelling more hospitalizations Reference: Unintended consequences of COVID-19: Impact on harms caused by substance use, self-harm and accidental falls
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Denmark Health Chief’s prediction that “we will have our normal lives back in two months” is fraught with uncertainty. The pandemic will end eventually but predictions have a way of coming back to bite you. Hope not but history says otherwise.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 4, 2022 Source:Denmark health chief says Omicron is bringing about the END of the pandemic and ‘we will have our normal lives back in two months’ Reference:
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@JAMAPediatrics study suggests that during first year of pandemic “1 in 4 youth globally are experiencing clinically elevated depression symptoms, while 1 in 5 youth are experiencing clinically elevated anxiety symptoms.”
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 10, 2021 Source:Anxiety, depression in kids double during pandemic; teens, girls most at risk: study Reference:Global Prevalence of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents During COVID-19
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CDC study shows vaccines cut Covid infections and transmission. They will help get us out of the pandemic.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 5, 2021 Source:Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. Vaccines Will End The Pandemic. Reference:Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers — Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020–March 2021
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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.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 14, 2021 Source:Second year of pandemic ‘could even be tougher’: WHO Reference:Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV)
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Observational study concludes that month-long delays for treatment of specific cancers increases risk of mortality. Especially relevant when Covid is affecting provision of health services.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 9, 2020 Source:A month delay to cancer care might raise death risk: study Reference:Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: systematic review and meta-analysis