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President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD March 2021
... there is another reason why listening is so important. People do not want to follow people who don’t listen. It’s a fundamental human need to ... minutes per day to scan through the viewpoints of credible people, then I could get on with my life. I did have a good ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2021
... surgery.[ 8 ] While prescreening can identify some people who are at increased risk of harboring COVID-19 ... prevalence rates, without preoperative testing, infected people will undergo elective surgery and have an increased ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... those of us who do to keep them safe. I suspect that the people who do not wear masks are also the people who do not avoid gatherings. Do they do so out of ... illness. The pandemic has also brought out the best in people. So many health care workers and frontline workers of ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... bloodstream. Oxygen levels below 95% are found among people with pneumonia—another symptom of a severe COVID-19 ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2021
... highs. Despite pleas from our provincial health officer, people continue to travel and are propagating viral spread ...
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 ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... response to this pandemic. Sure, there have been cases of people fighting over toilet paper or gouging their neighbors ... exceptions. I have been impressed by how the majority of people are reacting. There are numerous reports of ... has been truly amazing during this difficult time. People’s creativity has also been on display. Window ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2020
... lower mortality rate than SARS but by the sheer number of people infected was responsible for millions of deaths. By ...
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 ...