Vaccines don’t save people; vaccinations do
Posted onA quote from an Ezra Klein column in the New York Times. Precisely.
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The only 4 things politicians (and health authorities) have to do to immunize a population
Posted on1: Order enough vaccine (and to do make sure you get enough, offer the manufacturer either some sort of special inducement or pay a premium in the short term) 2: Make sure you get the vaccine you’ve ordered on the schedule you’ve agreed to with the manufacturer 3: Deliver the vaccine to the people who […]
But most of us are already doing our part
Posted onAccording to the CBC, Canada’s chief public health officer has warned that the upcoming months “will be “very challenging” and she “continued to urge Canadians to do their part in lessening the strain on health-care systems.” The thing is that the vast majority of Canadians are clearly doing their part – all they can to […]
No reason yet to get too alarmed about the deaths in Norway following coronavirus vaccination
Posted onAs of Sunday, January 17, Norway has reported the deaths of 29 frail, elderly seniors with serious underlying health conditions following inoculation with coronavirus vaccine (all the vaccines used in Norway were from Pfizer). Clearly, this needs to be very carefully and speedily monitored and evaluated, especially looking for a warning sign that might indicate […]
I guess some of us are not as in it as the rest of us
Posted onHere is a list of some of the international flights with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Air Canada, AC989, from Cancun to Montreal, Jan. 3, 2021, rows 18 to 21 and 43 to 51 Air Canada, AC1883, from Cancun to Montreal, Jan. 4, 2021, rows 20 to 26 Air Canada, AC989, from Cancun to Montreal, Jan. 5, […]
How it will all end
Posted onAccording to a modelling analysis just published in the journal, Science, the likeliest end to this pandemic is with the SARS-CoV-2 joining the ranks of four older mild cold-causing coronaviruses that currently circulate in humans. In other words, like a relative who has come to stay, SARS-CoV-2 will never leave us. Rather, it will turn […]
Where we rank on January 15 for doses of vaccine given
Posted on11th in the world. Behind Slovenia, Denmark, Ireland, even such reputationally inefficient countries as Italy and Spain. And we will fall even further behind over the next few weeks because shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine to Canada will be cut in half (they will not be cut to the countries of the EU). Good thing that […]
Just Askin’ 3
Posted onEarlier in the week, Pfizer announced that it will be cutting vaccine delivery to Canada and the EU, where the vaccine is apparently manufactured, because of a ramp-up it’s doing to its factories in the EU to allow it to manufacture more vaccine – eventually. But today, January 16, according to a report on the […]
Just Askin’ 2: Are we all happy with the way COVID vaccinations have gone down in Canada?
Posted onWe are making international headlines for all the wrong reasons. According to an article on January 15 in the Washington Post, “Canada has given at least one dose of a vaccine to 1.2 percent of its population” while the much-maligned American vaccine rollout campaign “has administered three times as many doses per capita.” And we’re about […]
Some good questions from the federal NDP health critic
Posted onA report in the Vancouver Sun states that Federal NDP health critic Don Davies has just said that the just-announced 4-week delay in the delivery of the Pfizer vaccine (just remember to go back to that in a month to see how “accurate” Pfizer was in their 4-week delay prediction because this strikes me as […]