September 28, 2020 Epidemiology More robust contact tracing site identification required to determine where COVID-19 infections are more likely to occur.
September 25, 2020 Epidemiology Ontario’s confirmed cases’ trend matches March’s exponential curve. Do governments act now restricting access to “non-essential” businesses or wait to see what happens? Unchecked exponential growth can lead to even harsher decisions down the line.
September 25, 2020 Epidemiology It will happen when it does; Predicting when the vaccine will be approved and ready for use is a mug’s game.
September 23, 2020 Health Policy Fever as a school screening parameter for potential COVID-19 infections in children is problematic for many reasons. This includes inaccurate devices, choice of location (oral, ear, etc), and that a majority of children with COVID-19 will not have a fever.
September 22, 2020 Health Policy Ottawa school board to review enacting mandatory facemask policy for younger children
September 17, 2020 General information When should you get tested for COVID-19 infection? Ottawa Public Health has guidelines to help.
September 11, 2020 Epidemiology Flu shots recommended as a means to reduce morbidity and mortality in addition to reducing the impact on the health-care system during second wave. However, provision is problematic. Many offices do not have the resources or space to do it given pandemic protocols. Officials have not provided any guidance.
September 8, 2020 Epidemiology Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
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.
September 2, 2020 Health Policy Pandemic causes Ontario surgical wait time backlogs up to 84 weeks for certain procedures.
