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Data required from Ontario CMOH to support reports that Ontario to lift school masking requirements after March break.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 9, 2022 Source:Ontario to drop school masking requirements after March Break, sources say
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Ontario adds sore throat and runny noses to COVID screening guidance list. When children return to school, parents will be faced with revolving absences and disruptions. Also, for 30+, no medical reason to reject Moderna booster if you had Pfizer before.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 9, 2022 Source:Ontario adds runny noses and sore throats to screening guidance for schools and child care centresSome are refusing Moderna COVID-19 boosters, pharmacies say
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L.A. County school’s adoption of all public health and safety recommendations/measures are reducing COVID rates. What a surprise (insert feigned shock and sarcasm here).
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 17, 2021 Source:New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low
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Some COVID-19 myths that refuse to die come with important caveats. With time, some of them become accepted facts with supporting evidence, others become misinformation that are difficult to dislodge. #vaccineswork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 22, 2021 Source:COVID-19 myths that refuse to die, from undue concern about children to variants and vaccines References:5 Things To Know About the Delta VariantDeaths from COVID ‘incredibly rare’ among childrenJCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination of children and young people aged 12 to 17 years: 15 July 2021Household Transmission of…
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Thoughts now turn to policies to protect children so they can safely return to school in the fall especially if vaccines have yet to be approved for their age group.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 24, 2021 Source:‘The pandemic is far from over for children in Canada’: Vaccines unlikely until fall
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B.1.617 variant adds new wrinkle into decision about whether to reopen schools in Ontario.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 1, 2021 Source:Doug Ford promises announcement on whether schools will reopen ‘in a day or two’ Reference:
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The addition of rapid testing has the potential to inform people when they are most contagious and can help reduce the need to repeatedly use lockdowns as your blunt instrument of choice.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 18, 2020 Source:Ontario asymptomatic testing program finds 57 COVID cases so far in more than 4,500 tests to date in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa
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Ontario students will require negative COVID test in order to return to school only if they have either fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breathe. Runny nose or sore throat no longer require testing but home monitoring for 24 hours.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 2, 2020 Source:Students with just a runny nose or a sore throat will now be allowed to return to school after 24 hours
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Ottawa school board to review enacting mandatory facemask policy for younger children
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 22, 2020 Source:Ottawa’s largest school board debates mandatory masks for younger children — again