Why Canada avoided a severe winter COVID wave
Hybrid immunity, better treatment access, less severe infections helped control COVID
Source: ici.radio-canada.ca
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Why Canada avoided a severe winter COVID wave
Canada has managed to avoid a severe COVID-19 wave this winter despite a total lack of public health restrictions, a busy indoor holiday season and a rapidly mutating virus that is still very much circulating in the population.
Source: cbc.ca
COVID Vaccination for Kids a 'Complex' Decision for Parents
Parent–provider conversations can clarify how and why parents make vaccination decisions regarding their children and can lead to tailored recommendations.
Source: medscape.com
Protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe disease: a systematic review and meta-regression
All estimates of protection waned within months against reinfection but remained high and sustained for hospital admission or severe disease. Individuals with hybrid immunity had the highest magnitude and durability of protection, and as a result might be able to extend the period before booster vaccinations are needed compared to individuals who have never been infected.
Source: thelancet.com
The COVID-19 virus keeps evolving. These 'disease detectives' are on the case
The Omicron variant was last year's unpleasant holiday surprise to scientists studying COVID-19. More than a year later, a loosely knit group of "disease detectives" across Canada continues to keep watch for key mutations.
Source: cbc.ca