/oss/taxonomy/term/5878/all en /oss/article/covid-19/next-preventing-emergence-new-variants <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-next-preventing-the-emergence-of-new-variants">the Montreal Gazette</a></p> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:35:49 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9013 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/hospitalization-rates-confirm-covid-vaccines-benefits <hr /> <p>This article was originally <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-hospitalization-rates-confirm-covid-vaccines-benefits">published in the Montreal Gazette</a></p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:14:39 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8981 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/do-bad-viruses-always-become-good-guys-end <p>In our social media age, talk of virulence has gone viral, with most of us atwitter about the course the new coronavirus is taking. As novel variants move up the ladder of concern, we are left asking the same questions: is this one more transmissible? is it more dangerous to us? will our vaccines stop it?</p> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8951 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience/are-triple-vaccinated-people-more-likely-be-infected-omicron-variant-unvaccinated <p>You may not have heard of Blachier, but in France TV viewers are as familiar with his face as we are here with Dr. Fauci’s. And he caused the COVID pot to boil over a couple of days ago when he supposedly claimed that data from Denmark show that people who are triple vaccinated are more likely to be infected with the Omicron variant than the unvaccinated. Let’s take a look.</p> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:23:39 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8950 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/wider-eligibility-covid-booster-shots-makes-sense <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-wider-eligibility-for-covid-booster-shots-makes-sense">the Montreal Gazette</a></p> <hr /> <p>Recently, Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization lowered the recommended age for a COVID-19 booster shot from 70 and up to 50 and up, with the same proviso that it be at least six months after the second dose. It said those ages 18 to 49 could be offered a booster based on their individual risk and the degree of COVID-19 spread in their area.</p> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:54:16 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8949 at /oss