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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. Photo by Chris Schwarz /Government of Alberta Albertans who have an eligible medical condition that allows for a mask exemption are now required to carry a doctor’s note, the province’s top doctor said Thursday in response to some people finding “loopholes” in existing guidelines. Effective Thursday, a medical exemption letter provided by a nurse practitioner, physician or psychologist is required to verify qualified medi...

This article has been updated. A few sentences have shaken a century of science. A week ago, more than a year after the World Health Organization declared that we face a pandemic, a page on its website titled “Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19): How Is It Transmitted?” got a seemingly small update. The agency’s response to that question had been that “current evidence suggests that the main way the virus spreads is by respiratory droplets” — which are expelled from the mouth and quickly...

Here’s one disturbing thing about COVID: It’s an unseen enemy. Two, it’s incredibly contagious. Three, you’re already infected, yet it still doesn’t hurt. This virus from hell is so sinister you’ll never know youre a carrier, unless to get “swabbed”, or start showing symptoms, a few days after contracting it. But with swab testing inaccessible/too pricey in most parts of the world, you try and live a “normal” life — until you, and those around you, start getting feverish, ...

Should we still wear face masks in shops after the pandemic? This is what Echo readers say File photo dated 24/7/2020 of a shopper wearing a face mask in a supermarket in East London. Supermarkets were among the main beneficiaries when lockdown restrictions were first introduced in March, with shoppers emptying shelves of store-cupboard ITS one of the biggest questions and talking points to come out of Covid times: Should we continue to wear face masks in shops when the pandemic ends? Medic...

Bonus antidote: This is Humphrey. He would like to discuss bigger bowl options whenever you get a chance. It’s just that this looks ridiculous. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/QbItzZEPtb See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the...

  CALGARY -- An infectious disease expert at the University of Calgary says airborne transmission is not a key factor when it comes to the spread of COVID-19. “I don’t think anyone is denying airborne transmission,” said Dr. John Conly to an expert round table on the issue earlier this month.  “But to be able to come out and say it is the major and predominant mode of transmission, from my perspective, I would like to see a much higher level of scientific evidence.” Conly, a Ca...

Morning Brief: Harrowing sexual-misconduct testimony By iPolitics. Published on Apr 21, 2021 6:03am A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone in flight. MPs heard harrowing testimony about rape in the Canadian Armed Forces as witnesses testified in front of the Commons committee on the status of women on April 20, 2021. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Today’s Morning Brief is brought to you by Medicom. A Canadian company and global leader in high-quality, sustainable PPE and infectio...

Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19 cbc.ca 1 hour ago Adam Miller, Erin Collins © Jennifer Lee/CBC Dr. John Conly, an infectious diseases physician and professor of medicine at the University of Calgary who also advises the World Health Organization, denies that aerosol transmission is a primary route of COVID-19 transmission, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World ...

MORLEY, Alta. — The windswept foothills of Albertas Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal protective equipment to remote . . .

January saw by far the greatest number of new cases linked to those who left the province as concerns emerged over new COVID-19 variants