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COVID-19’s Third Wave is Coming At Young People

Earlier this week Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer David Williams announced the province has entered a third wave. Similar warnings have been echoed the chief medical officers in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. Many parts of Europe are already deep into a third wave with new rounds of lockdowns and restrictions being enacted in many countries. In a recent CBC News article, a Toronto area emergency room doctor describes a growing trend among the patients being admitted to hospital for COVID-19 related reasons. “They’re younger and they’re sicker,” Dr. Lisa Salamon says in the article. In fact, multiple Ontario physicians have noticed both an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients requiring emergency care but a shift to younger patients arriving...

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Amongst Positive Vaccine News, Case Counts Are Rebounding

Avoiding a third wave. Reopening without enhanced prevention strategies as well as pandemic fatigue could lead to the erosion of the gains made during Winter lockdown. The past week’s news headlines have brought hope to Canadians who have suffered through months of COVID-19 restrictions, thanks to the recent approvals of the Johnston & Johnston and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines and improved delivery schedules from Pfizer and Moderna. While these announcements are a positive step forward in terms of overall pandemic outlook, most Canadians are still months away from receiving a vaccine. It is the next several months that have medical experts concerned as the potential of a third-wave looms over us. Recent data from John Hopkins University shows new infections are back...

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COVID-19 News Update - February 10, 2021

Good morning, here is a quick round-up of the latest COVID-19 news from Canada and around the world. In Canada…as of February 10, 2021 per covid-19canada.com, the total number of cases of the coronavirus recorded sits at 810,802. There have been 20,909 deaths as a result of the virus and the number of active cases is currently 39,180. Overall as COVID-19 continues to spread, the new variants of the novel coronavirus continue to emerge at a increase rate across Canada. Per ctvnews.ca as of February 9, 2021, there have been 366 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant (first discovered in the UK), 28 cases of the B.1.351 variant (originally discovered in South Africa) and 1 case of the P.1 variant (first discovered in...

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New Variants Require New Thinking

Emergence of new variants require a change to mask face recommendations. New variants of the coronavirus continue to emerge. But one in particular has cause for great concern in Canada because it is so contagious and spreading fast. The variant known as B.1.1.7., which was first identified in the UK, does not appear to cause more severe infections, but has the potential to infect an estimated 50% more people. Without any enhancements to public health measures, this variant of the COVID-19 virus could become the dominant source of infection in Canada. Other variants of the virus include mutations reported in Brazil and South Africa. The UK variant appears to behind a massive COVID-19 outbreak in an Ontario long-term care home....

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How To Change The Pandemic?

‘We need to do better,’ and wear ‘better quality’ masks former CDC head says. In a recent weekly roundup of health and medical science news, Adam Miller from CBC News discussed the alarming impact on Canada’s public health system as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 infections across the country. In Miller’s article, Dr. Susy Hota, an infectious disease specialist at the University Health Network and an associate professional of medicine at the University of Toronto warned, “we’re already at a breaking break.” Added concern regarding the introduction of new COVID-19 variants from outside Canada, such as the B117 variant from the UK or others from South Africa or Brazil, give reason for medical professionals to call for...

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