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BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... response measures are likely to disproportionately impact people with fewer resources, poorer health, and those already ... over time, particularly for younger populations.[ 4 ] People who use drugs are a subpopulation acutely affected by ... to mitigate these unintended harms and better support people who use drugs during the pandemic.[ 7 ] Not all ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2021
... were directed toward the often-marginalized population of people who use drugs and the overdose crisis. Forgive me for ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... parts of heroin, sugar, and other substances. He has seen people make fentanyl twice by mixing carfentanil with other ... Another downside was dealing with overdoses: “Some people can’t take it because you are killing people. What you’re selling can kill someone.” ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2021
... Significant numbers of vaccine refusals are likely as people worry about potential adverse health outcomes. ... terrible virus. It is estimated that roughly 300 million people died from smallpox in the 20th century. Its case ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Hasina Samji, PhD, MSc June 2021
... remote, and northern communities; and gender-diverse people). Engaging youth to speak to their needs and ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Mandy Ruthnum, MD, FCFP January/February 2021
... 15 minutes. During that time, I spoke with three different people. I was booked in by a clerk, who requested my son’s ... numerous conversation with others, I was amazed how few people are aware of this number, including doctors. I suspect ...
News, COVID-19 October 2020
... care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. One in four people surveyed went so far as to agree that the freedoms of ... . The research team surveyed a random sample of 3551 people in Canada and the US between 6 and 19 May to see if ... places like supermarkets where encounters with other people are likely. While the COVID-19 pandemic does carry ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2020
... us mistaken in our answer. In truth, in the US, about 7500 people die each day, so the vast majority of people who died on 9/11 did so in the more usual way. That day, approximately 100 people likely died in motor vehicle accidents and 31 in ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2020
... in early May, my heartfelt congratulations go out to the people of BC as their sacrifices have flattened the curve of ... but why is getting a tattoo a priority? I realize many people are impatient to get back to normal, whatever that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Michael Otterstatter, MSc, PhD October 2020
... in a population, scientists track over time how many other people are likely to become infected from a single case. This ... each person with COVID-19 was infecting nearly three other people. Through the spring, BC reduced that number down to ... plays a key role in disease control by quickly identifying people who may have been exposed to the virus. These people ...