To the citizens of Kootenay Boundary, Everyone in our region has been stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years. We have all been subjected to a barrage of information, advice, and instructions; always evolving and sometimes conflicting. We write to explain our perspectives as Family Practitioners (Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners), in the hope of
To the citizens of Kootenay Boundary, Everyone in our region has been stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years. We have all been subjected to a barrage of information, advice, and instructions; always evolving and sometimes conflicting. We write to explain our perspectives as Family Practitioners (Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners), in the hope of
To the citizens of Kootenay Boundary, Everyone in our region has been stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years. We have all been subjected to a barrage of information, advice, and instructions; always evolving and sometimes conflicting. We write to explain our perspectives as Family Practitioners (Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners), in the hope of
listen, guys, i have seen this, it is interesting, new symptoms in people who are positive. i think it is new variant and it is definitely not delta, it is similar to beta. and the scientist in the background started to identify a new variant and it was then easy to link the symptoms with the new variant. but it is extremely new. and it may change going forward. for now it is extremely mild. the problem is that it will be missed by most family practitioners and specialists out there because of the mildness of the symptoms. if it is highly transmissible may spread to people un vaccinated and that is where we will have a problem going forward. but for now, it is extremely mild. i wanted to ask you about that. one of the key concerns that many people
pediatric vaccinations, the mast majority of vaccines are delivered in pediatricians or family practitioners offices. i think it s actually what makes a lot of sense for children is to get them back into their medical home, make sure parents and children are having these conversations with their doctor about what makes sense for them, and making sure that they are fully aware of all the benefits and risks of vaccination. big picture, this bears repeating because it seems to have not gotten through with big portions of population, can you remind folks why vaccines in an age group like this is about protecting the children but also protecting those around them? well, it goes in both directions. what we can see is that in communities, geographic regions with a high proportion of vaccinated adults, we re seeing lower rates of infection in children. communities with a lower proportion of vaccinated adults have higher rates of infection in children.