May 4, 2021 Health Policy Agree with @YoniFreedhoff & @dgardner on the latest NACI statement about the risk of AZ vaccine: “So many facepalms” & “If I were writing a chapter on risk communication, I would use what NACI has done to illustrate every possible mistake”, respectively.
April 4, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #784, April 4, 2021: The world as we see it.
June 17, 2020 Epidemiology Low risk perception among under-20’s in Ontario likely contributing to increasing COVID-19 cases in this age group. Before you criticize, if older individuals did not see their group affected, similar result would ensue. Classic risk perception psychology at work.
June 10, 2020 Health Statistics COVID-19 cases on the rise among young adults. The psychology of risk perception plays a role; an all-too-human behaviour we all share.
July 5, 2016 Health Policy Brazil’s Health Minister trying to mitigate his country’s Zika pariah status
January 5, 2015 General information The Arctic arrives in Ottawa and let's continue to eliminate all aspects of risk and happiness by banning tobogganing
December 27, 2012 General information Why locking school doors and installing cameras is not an unexpected idea but will not appreciably reduce risk of harm to school children
December 28, 2010 Health Headlines General public's risk perception true to form vis a vis influenza and the vaccine