February 24, 2021 Epidemiology Education workers ask to be included as part of the next COVID-19 vaccination phase. It can contribute to a stable school year, improve children’s mental health and pedagogic stability, teacher security, and reduces family stress and yo-yo closures.
February 19, 2021 Epidemiology What is behind recent COVID-19 case reductions? An aggregate of factors with disproportionate influences thought to be contributing factors: social distancing, seasonality, seroprevalence, and shots.
February 17, 2021 Epidemiology Oops! Didn’t think That would happen: Technology Executive Apologizes After Dozens of Event Attendees Contract Covid-19 🙄
February 12, 2021 Epidemiology Who/what priority group is next in line with limited vaccine supply once those most at risk are vaccinated? Gut-wrenching decisions & no easy solutions considering Minorities, socioecon status, work environment, med hx, and other interconnected factors.
February 11, 2021 Epidemiology Variant spreading in North Bay, Ontario. Shutdown to continue for fear of rapid spread.
February 10, 2021 Epidemiology Ottawa Public Health reports first case of variant from South Africa. Will this intensify restrictions or will measures be relaxed next week by Ontario Government?
February 8, 2021 Epidemiology Some governments and businesses are preparing for the reality of endemic Covid-19 according to report in @WSJ
February 2, 2021 Epidemiology First case of South African variant confirmed in Ontario’s Peel Region. Person had no history of travel. Dominance by more vaccine-resistant virus helped in part by slow vaccine rollout, incomplete public health measures and virus response to same.
January 29, 2021 Epidemiology 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.
January 22, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario’s provincial case rate has started to decline for the first time since November. Ontario’s Associate Medical Officer of Health says it is still too early to determine if this represents a true trend.
