April 12, 2021 Health Statistics Observational study suggests that 1 in 3 COVID-19 may have long-term psychiatric and neurological consequences six months after infection
April 11, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Have cancer? Immunosuppressed? “You can have your second dose in four months.” Preliminary study reports cancer patients’ immune response is less protective after first dose vs. healthy people. Dosing delay needs to be reviewed for vulnerable groups.
April 9, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Will Covid vaccine mixing be adopted as health policy? They use different delivery systems carrying the genetic instruction set to produce the same spike protein, ergo ongoing studies are evaluating clinical outcomes to determine if assumption is true.
April 8, 2021 Health Policy NACI stands by its four month dosing interval but does not provide further evidence that this will work well for all age groups and for those with complicating medical conditions. Hope the gamble works (truly, no sarcasm).
April 7, 2021 General information There are many reasons for vaccine appointment no-shows. Life, forgetfulness, miscommunication, fear, vaccine hesitancy, and unforeseen events are likely some of the contributing factors.
April 6, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health co-signs letter urging Ontario Government to issue-stay-at-home order because of rising Covid-19 infection rates and ICU admissions.
April 5, 2021 Clinical Research CDC study shows vaccines cut Covid infections and transmission. They will help get us out of the pandemic.
April 4, 2021 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #784, April 4, 2021: The world as we see it.
April 1, 2021 Epidemiology Another “lockdown” coming to Ontario that will lead to the same outcome as before. Can we expect better long-term results for the rest of the province when it has not changed much in already-locked-down zones?
March 31, 2021 Clinical Research CDC releases study showing that mRNA vaccines perform almost the same in the real world as they did in the lab. Further indications are they prevent disease and its transmission.
