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COVID-19 Q&A: Kamloops doctors answer questions relating to the disease (part 4)


DR. RAATH: This season has been remarkably quiet in regards to influenza. Some have wondered if we are missing cases of influenza, but we are just not finding it, even with ongoing surveillance/testing. There are several proposed reasons for this observation:
1. The same behavioural and structural changes that help to reduce COVID transmission work for influenza. The influenza virus has a similar fatty covering and is sensitive to handwashing, sanitizing, barriers to droplets (like masks) and physical distancing. Importantly, people are now more empowered to stay home when they’re feeling ill.
2. 2020 saw an increase in the uptake of the flu vaccine. ....

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These Kamloops doctors leveraged the power of social media to curb COVID-19 misinformation | iNFOnews


December 18, 2020 - 7:30 AM
Kamloops doctors have taken to social media to answer burning questions about COVID-19 and the Pfizer vaccine to promote accurate discussions with reliable sources.
Health-care workers in long-term care facilities and intensive care units are the first to get vaccinated in British Columbia.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said last week an initial shipment of 4,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be available at two clinics in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health authorities before immunization is eventually expanded to 30 sites.
Dr. Elizabeth Parfitt, an infectious diseases consultant at Royal Inland Hospital, and Dr. Annemie Raath a family physician who works in acute inpatient care at the hospital, hosted a set of question and answer sessions for residents on the well-known Caremongering Kamloops Facebook group last week. ....

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