Canada must aim at stamping out COVID-19 spread: An open letter from doctors and scientists
Adopting a strategy of maximum infection suppression early in this epidemic such as was seen in Australia, Taiwan and the Atlantic bubble might have saved 21,000 Canadian lives
April 30, 2021 A 60-year-old COVID-19 patient fights for his life, desperately gasping for air as health-care staff provide life saving medical care in an emergency situation in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The patient was intubated and put on a ventilator successfully. (Nathan Denette/CP)
The authors of this commentary/opinion article are physicians and scientists with backgrounds in infectious diseases, critical care medicine and other health disciplines (details at bottom). Among them are internationally recognized university professors, clinician-researchers, former and current medical school department/sectional chairs
Double-masking: Why some infectious disease experts say it s a good idea
Wearing a mask is crucial in slowing the spread of COVID-19, and now some infectious disease experts say it s a good idea to wear two.
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U.S. President Joe Biden is seen wearing two masks as he arrives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. campaign stop in October. (Jim Watson/AFP viaGetty Images)(AFP via Getty Images)
Wearing a mask is crucial in slowing the spread of COVID-19, and now some infectious disease experts say it s a good idea to wear two.
Learn long-term lessons from pandemic response: doctors
A new year has begun, but Manitoba’s COVID-19 fight continues.
Dr. Allan Ronald: “It should not be a provincial mandate; this has to be a national mandate. That is what we need to care for elderly people.” (GREG PENDER/STAR PHOENIX FILES).
A new year has begun, but Manitoba’s COVID-19 fight continues.
As such, the province will need to confront a legacy of lives lost in personal care home outbreaks, invest in critical care, and remember how far it has come to avoid repeating past mistakes, experts say.
Allan Ronald, a retired physician renowned for his international work on infectious diseases, had just returned home to Manitoba when the pandemic was declared in March.