Guidelines

Today the COVID swab result finally arrived for my patient . . . six days after it was sent. She has respiratory symptoms; I tested and sent in the sample on the same day she called, two days sooner than offered at her local Assessment Centre. A potentially sick person in the GTA area with result backlogged six days, never mind if you are rural, or in the midst of a second wave! From this I fear we are heading into autumn with limited lab capacity, overwhelmed testing facilities, along with an undefined test strategy, insecure PPE supply, and uncertain availability of either the flu or COVID vaccines for all who wants them.

Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 infection rate could be 20 times higher in the absence of a travel ban, the doctor leading a team running models on the contagion said Thursday in court. Dr. Proton Rahman testified before the province's Supreme Court during a legal challenge to the travel ban that authorities imposed in May to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Discussed: Why Ontario needs a new CMOH; disease control as an economic stimulus; the remarkable achievement of non-occurrence; the culture war over facts

Joint Canadian Cardiovascular Society–Canadian Thoracic Society statement outlines current approach to diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension

Officials say Americans are getting discouraged waiting hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results

It appears pharmacists will have a role to play in this new era, but they will need greater support

Canadian Cardiovascular Society issues first clinical practice guideline on assessment and management of syncope

Our response has shown many flaws that would be disastrous with a more malignant infection