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Data from @GovCanHealth which was obtained by @kellygrant1 at @globeandmail with some astonishing stats on effectiveness of the vaccines, even after a single dose. The calculations behind these numbers are

Feeling great today on my ER shift:- hardly any new critically ill COVID cases- almost every patient I’ve seen is vaccinated with at least one shotAnd the good news keeps

Nova Scotia is giving everyone a masterclass on how to crush an outbreak. With a test positive rate of just 1% they are- closing schools, non-essential businesses- limiting essential retail

Really looking forward to this event later today. Heavyweights in the field discussing how Covid is transmitted. Implications are huge, if we agree its airborne, we can protect billions of

Wanted to build on this media piece with some background and concrete steps that we can take to start protecting the most vulnerable communities in our big cities. Thread:https://twitter.com/CP24/status/1313886310927609856 Many

We've been compiling info on school reopening plans across the country. No clear winner yet, but Nova Scotia seems the best, Quebec the worst We're going to keep updating this

Given tragic events in Minneapolis, let’s examine some of the underlying systems that have allowed police in the US to become so reviled and feared, and important differences that have

We know #ContactTracing and #testing testing will be a core part of our #COVID19 pandemic response, which could involve contact tracing apps. Implementation everywhere has been a mess and unlikely

Workplaces across North America are opening up, I have serious concerns that by not requiring masks in indoor workplaces we are going to see a huge resurgence in a few

It's ridiculous that we lack a framework in modern medicine to adapt/innovate to a new disease like #Covid-19. There is a fierce debate raging in medical and scientific circles between

Front-line providers need to consider anti-coagulating their rapidly deteriorating COVID-19 patients. Could it be that severe endothelial dysfunction, resulting in microvascular thrombosis, is playing a major role in the rapid