The acid test, one expert says, will come in October when people move inside again
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Experts offer glimpses of a post-pandemic future
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AstraZeneca vaccine: 'The right thing to do changes over time' AstraZeneca vaccine: 'The right thing to do changes over time'
It’s time to halt AstraZeneca shots in Canada, except for people 40 or older in hotspots, says Andrew Morris, a doctor on Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table
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Calls grow for post-vax guidance Canadian public health officials Calls grow for post-vax guidance Canadian public health officials
'What concerns me is there is confusion out there that one dose gives you enough protection that you can start to change behaviour, and there is no evidence to suggest that'
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Mixing vaccines could be making the best 'of a bad situation' Mixing vaccines could be making the best 'of a bad situation'
With AstraZeneca delays, and 36 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna scheduled to come, mixing for potentially hundreds of thousands of people may become unavoidable
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COVID's third wave is younger and sicker. Here's what we know COVID's third wave is younger and sicker. Here's what we know
It used to take, on average, 10 to 14 days after symptoms started to reach the point of ICU admission. Now, it's happening in five to seven
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India underestimated the virus. That's a cautionary tale for Canada India underestimated the virus. That's a cautionary tale for Canada
'What we are seeing is that this idea of herd immunity is messy'
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'We’ve allowed this to happen': Ontario headed for a COVID cliff 'We’ve allowed this to happen': Ontario headed for a COVID cliff
New modelling is predicting COVID-19 infections in Ontario could climb higher than 15,000 cases per day by June.
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Mixed messages undermine vaccine rollout more than blood clots Mixed messages undermine vaccine rollout more than blood clots
A year-plus into the pandemic, 'and we’re still having world-class science and medicine undermined by inexcusably amateurish communication'
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Ontario hospitals 'surging like absolute crazy' in third wave Ontario hospitals 'surging like absolute crazy' in third wave
The triage protocol would mean choosing which patients should be offered potentially life-prolonging care
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Variants are spreading quickly. Will vaccines save us in time? Variants are spreading quickly. Will vaccines save us in time?
The number of people experiencing severe and critical sickness is rising, including younger and previously healthy adults