December 30, 2020 General information Please, no spin. Just explain why Canada’s vaccine rollout is running slower than molasses. We are an understanding lot but not when you are not straight with us.
December 17, 2020 Epidemiology “Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, it doesn’t go away” – Philip K. Dick. The Grand Bargain to quarantine before holiday gatherings is a false pretense: Not enough time, false negative testing risk, and a dash of motivated reasoning.
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.
July 20, 2020 Health Policy The Ottawa Spike. Easy to blame younger people but the conflicting and contradictory public health rules and government decisions for Phase 3 are likely a significant contributing factor.
June 5, 2020 Epidemiology Parsing pandemic policy professional planning protocols per public peril perception or “What the hell is the plan?”
December 5, 2018 Health Headlines Some high school students exposed to a person with active TB. Understanding the appropriate Public Health response.
June 7, 2018 Addiction Cannabis report presented to senate discusses road safety but methodology not discussed in news article.
