#With the Omicron variant on the rise, should you attend your work Christmas party?

Admin4 years ago08 mins

“#With the Omicron variant on the rise, should you attend your work Christmas party?” Vaxx Populi: Even if you’re double-vaxxed and you take a rapid test before arriving, the odds are not in your favour A problem inherent in exponential growth is that it’s often hard to grasp exactly how bad things can become in…

#Omicron variant will likely be worse than Delta, according to early research

Admin5 years ago014 mins

“#Omicron variant will likely be worse than Delta, according to early research” It’s been 11 days since the World Health Organization declared the newest mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to be a variant of concern and named it Omicron. Since then, researchers have been hard at work figuring out its characteristics and what sort of…

#What to do as we walk into the pandemic’s fifth wave

Admin5 years ago012 mins

“#What to do as we walk into the pandemic’s fifth wave” Vaxx Populi: If the worsening situation in Europe is foreshadowing what’s to come, get ready, Canada Dr. Malgorzata Gasperowicz has a routine when she gets into a taxi: she makes sure the driver is wearing a mask, rolls down the windows, then often talks…

#COVID-19 variant of concern B.1.1.7 has a new name: Alpha. Will it stick?

Admin5 years ago08 mins

“#COVID-19 variant of concern B.1.1.7 has a new name: Alpha. Will it stick?” An expert group has recommended using letters of the Greek alphabet like Alpha, Beta and Gamma as ‘easy-to-pronounce and non-stigmatizing labels’ for COVID variants Last week, Dr. Lynora Saxinger was getting tongue-tied as she talked to Maclean’s about variants of concern (VOCs),…