March 9, 2022 Epidemiology Data required from Ontario CMOH to support reports that Ontario to lift school masking requirements after March break.
January 10, 2022 Health Policy 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.
September 17, 2021 Epidemiology 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).
July 23, 2021 General information 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
June 24, 2021 Health Policy 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.
June 1, 2021 Health Policy B.1.617 variant adds new wrinkle into decision about whether to reopen schools in Ontario.
December 18, 2020 Epidemiology 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.
October 2, 2020 Health Policy 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.
September 22, 2020 Health Policy Ottawa school board to review enacting mandatory facemask policy for younger children
September 4, 2020 Health Policy We will find out over the next few months, as more data is collected and studied, what combination of approaches to reducing school Covid-19 outbreak risk achieves its goals.