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Discovery of largely unchanged ‘weak spot’ in COVID-19 variants could lead to better treatment options
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 19, 2022 Source:Discovery of ‘weak spot’ in COVID-19 variants could lead to better treatment options Reference:SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: spike protein mutational analysis and epitope for broad neutralization
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New Sars-CoV-2 variant detected in South Africa. More information required to know what the mutations are doing to determine if it will circumvent the vaccine and be a cause for concern.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 26, 2021 Source:New Covid variant: How worried should we be?
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Retrospective study finds that the flu vaccine has benefits against severe effects of COVID-19. How it does this remains unknown but if true, it will be fascinating and enlightening to figure out how our immune response works in this setting.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 6, 2021 Source:Flu shot found to protect against severe effects of COVID-19 Reference:Examining the potential benefits of the influenza vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective cohort analysis of 74,754 patients
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Montreal Public Health pilot project will monitor the outcome of managing a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 variant in two neighbourhoods to see if it blunts spread within the zone and surrounding areas.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 19, 2021 Source:Parents of schoolchildren in two Montreal neighbourhoods to get vaccines immediately in effort to fight variants
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The variant is to model outcome predictions as Asimov’s Foundation series’ Mule was in Hari Seldon’s Psychohistory projections. Extracting six doses per vial instead of five is like Jean Luc Picard being told there are five lights when there are four.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2021 Source:John Ivison: Prepare for dose of reality — vaccines don’t guarantee a quick return to normal Is it five doses or six? It’s both. The Pfizer dispute, explained
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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?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 29, 2020 Source: B.1.1.7, A New Variant Of Covid-19, Isn’t Kidding Around. What We Know About A Fast-Spreading Mutant And Its Effect On Children
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Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 8, 2020 Source:Herd Immunity Is Not a Strategy
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SARS-CoV-2 reported to be transmitted through aerosols in addition to other modes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 26, 2020 Source:COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act
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It is not just the cream cheese dip at parties that is a super-spreader.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 24, 2020 Source:Large parties turned into ‘super-spreader’ events for COVID-19 in Ottawa: Public Health