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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Parsing pandemic policy professional planning protocols per public peril perception or “What the hell is the plan?”

    June 5, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 5, 2020 Also in the discussion, funding for new testing devices. Still a ways to go. Article is a little premature in its evaluation. Source:Canadian company developing palm-sized test to detect COVID-19 in 20 minutes

  • Sunday House Call, #740, May 24, 2020: Surfs up!

    May 24, 2020

    Sunday House Call, #740, May 24, 2020: Surfs up! Topics today include: The risk of a second wave is mounting with people casting off concerns about physical distancing exemplified by event in a Toronto park. The most recent observational hydroxychloroquine study does not show any benefit but increased the risk of cardiac complications. Randomized trials…

  • What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.

    May 15, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2020 Source:The focus is shifting from trying to eliminate coronavirus to reducing the risks, a doctor says

  • Some provinces are acting prematurely to ease restrictions if we look at what has happened with cluster outbreaks in South Korea and in Germany. These are countries that are better prepared than us and it still happened.

    May 11, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2020 Source:What works to flatten the curve and what science says on easing restrictions

  • Ottawa Public Health official advises people standing in their driveway talking to neighbours 30 ft away not do to so because a “party” may break out. Good for Dr. Etches who stepped in to correct this credibility-damaging overstep.

    April 16, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 16, 2020 Source:Driveway and over-the-fence chats? No problem, says Etches

  • The blunt instrument versus near-future fine tuning of Public Health policy based on extent of testing. If we do not know who is infected, how can we decide to change our approach? Rapid tests in development are sorely needed.

    March 24, 2020

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 24, 2020 Source:In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home

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