March 30, 2021 Epidemiology It now does not matter that the AZ vaccine is safe, the multiple contradictory policy reversals may have irreversibly damaged the public’s confidence in it.
March 29, 2021 Epidemiology Canada’s decision to delay second doses of Covid-19 vaccines by four months may not result in the positive outcome expected for certain groups.
March 28, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #783, March 28, 2021: mRNA tech is not just for vaccines. Something interesting this way comes.
March 26, 2021 Epidemiology No hard evidence that a small number of people who had flu vaccine had less risk of Covid-19 infections. Socioeconomic and environmental factors at play among other more likely explanations.
March 25, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario Science Table’s report and review of the data on Covid-19 screening of LTC home staff states, “there is no available real-world evidence to support or refute the benefits of screen testing in preventing LTC home COVID-19 outbreaks”.
March 24, 2021 Health Policy Quebec proposes one Covid vaccine for those who were previously infected without any substantive evidence to support such a policy change.
March 21, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #782, March 21, 2021: Bad science that sticks to your ribs.
March 19, 2021 Epidemiology 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.
March 18, 2021 Epidemiology The slow decline of Covid-19 case counts in Canada seems to have ended for now according to Dr. Tam’s analysis of the latest data. Vaccine procurement and subsequent distribution remains the wild card to get out of the pandemic’s version of Groundhog Day.
March 17, 2021 Health Policy Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches states that Ottawa headed for Covid-19 red zone designation again this coming week. If true, why wait for it to become worse by delaying the official change?
