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- 12/19/2021
Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on Omicron
Moderna said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight Omicron. - 12/19/2021
Close the toilet before you flush: How not to invite Delta and Omicron to your Christmas parties
While many, including Queen Elizabath II, will be forgoing their normal Christmas festivities, if you are charging ahead, the organization COVID-STOP has some advice. - 12/19/2021
Should I work one more year?
One more year syndrome. That's what Dr. Matt Poyner calls it. The tendency, as financial independence approaches, to seek problems, weak spots and reasons to worry. - 12/19/2021
Ontario health units working around high COVID test demand as Omicron spreads
Ottawa Public Health advised health workers in a memo last week that virus testing is no longer available to everyone in a timely manner due to a surge in demand. - 12/16/2021
Canada reinstates molecular test for all travellers, lifts ban on African countries
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said that requirement will return as of Tuesday, which is only about a month since Canada waived the need for a test for those taking short cross-border trips. - 12/16/2021
Northwest Territories loosens COVID-19 isolation requirements, increases testing
People who travelled outside the territory with an unvaccinated or vaccinated family member were previously required to isolate. - 12/16/2021
My doctor said 'I have to get waxed' South African PSA has Canadians giggling
The video is a public service announcement from South Africa, featuring a man who misunderstands instructions from his doctor on how to ensure a long and happy life. - 12/16/2021
N.L. reports 46 new cases of COVID 19, introduces new restrictions to fight Omicron
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says today is the deadline for public service workers to be fully vaccinated, adding that 99.4% of employees have complied. - 12/16/2021
Yukon to focus on measures to reduce spread of transmissible Omicron variant: premier
Premier Silver told the media Wednesday there are no cases of Omicron currently in Yukon and the two people who had it earlier this month have recovered. - 12/16/2021
Aversion to rapid antigen home kits by B.C. is a pandemic failure
When a surgeon decided to delay a patient’s scheduled (non-urgent) operation recently because she had a cough and no one could get a straight answer about her vaccinations status, she became belligerent, threatening to complain to the government that she was being refused healthcare.