Below from the CDC page. Interim Guidance for the Use of Masks to Control Seasonal Influenza Virus Transmission Guidelines and Recommendations Español The following interim CDC guidance was developed in response to questions about the role of masks for controlling seasonal influenza virus transmission. Background Seasonal influenza viruses are
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Dead Wild Roses: The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do – In A Nutshell – PSA
Eight minutes of the facts and what you can do.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Covid-19: How To Prevent Our Hospitals From Collapsing
The great Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder drew that one seventeen years ago, during the SARS outbreak. But it works just as well today.For it reflects what many people all over Canada are feeling about the latest killer virus, Covid-19, as it keeps ramping up. Shock. Fear. Panic. Stunned confusion. Madness.But as
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – A Two-fer!
The Religious and the anti-vaxxers.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Finding a family doctor #nlpoli
Holyrood is the latest place in Newfoundland and Labrador to go through what is, in many parts of the province, a regular event. One of two family doctors in the community is leaving practice and so people are left without a family for a period of time. According to Corporate
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Women Die More From Heart Attacks Than Men – Unless the ER Doc is Female
Fancy that, eh? Just another way the system known as patriarchy in our society expresses itself. Women are not listened to or taken seriously, even in life and death situations. Kinda hard to be successful in society when your words are taken, by default, as less than face value.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is All That News Really Bad for You?
I did something unusual last Saturday. I took a whole day off social media.No blogging, no tweeting, no reaching into my pocket to pull out my mobile to check out what was happening in Canada or the world.Part of the reason I did that was because it was a beautiful day,
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Tying A Few Things Together
I have written a few posts recently which criticize quite strongly the recent spate of conservative “we must cut everything” hysteria over Alberta’s budget: On Alberta’s Budget 2018 On Government Finances and Debt About Hospitals and Ian Brodie All of these posts revolve around the basic theme of how ridiculous
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Unpersonhood of Women to be Confirmed in Brazil – Full Abortion Ban Incoming
I hate the rank smell of religious zealotry, so self-righteous, so sure, so confident that the grand ooga-booga has ordained that the status of women in Brazil needs to be taken down a score of notches. As reported by the CBC: “A congressional committee led by evangelical Christians has
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Donald Trump Suffering From Untreated Syphilis?
It should be obvious by now that there is something terribly wrong with Donald Trump.This deranged tweet he fired off yesterday is only more evidence of that. For in a normal world he would have been arrested for inciting violence against the media.And then there was that bizarre press conference.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Muhammad Ali and the Brutal Sport of Boxing
He was a giant, an unforgettable character on the stage of life.And he deserves all the tributes that are pouring in from all over the world.But while many call Muhammad Ali "The Greatest" for the kind of boxer he was.I choose to admire him …
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Measles Explained – And Also, Get Vaccinated.
Let’s work together on this one folks. We should be done this by now.
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: Cancer Treatments and Cures – Natural and Conventional: An Overview
Here’s a thorny, delicate, controversial subject – but then again, when have I ever been known to shy away from such things? Peoples’ lives and well-being are at stake. We cannot afford to be tepid, mousey or weak-minded. Accor…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How to Help Stop Seniors From Dying of Loneliness
When I was a boy my grandmother read me a story about an old woman whose body was discovered in a rooming house, days or weeks after she died.And when they went through her possessions they found a diary, with only these same words written on every pag…
Continue readingScripturient: Putting Homeopathy to the Test
Homeopathic products often make a lot of outrageous claims. Given that these products are just water, or sometimes water and sugar, anyone with a gnat’s worth of common sense doesn’t believe those claims. Nor are they backed by any evidence. It’s no wonder homeopathy is called the “air guitar of
Continue readingThings Are Good: Beer as Medicine
Beer is delicious and it can be healthy to drink on its own. Apparently, back in the day, beer was used to deliver medicine. It turns out that this isn’t a crazy idea and can be a good way to deliver need medicinal ingredients to patients. Another option was to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Anti-Vaccination Position – Chickens be comin’ home to roost all over this…
Vaccination is one of those medical topics in which people tend to lose their shit. As it happens, you can also risk losing your children if you decide to embrace the foolishness that is the anti-vax movement. Here is a story of a mother’s close encounter with easily preventable childhood
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: It’s Official: Homeopathy is Bunk
“Homeopathy not effective for treating any condition, Australian report finds,” reads a headline in The Guardian this week. Well, that’s hardly news. But it repeats saying anyway. It’s a story about the latest in a series of studies that again and again debunk homeopathy as a treatment and conclude it is
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Belief in Anti-Vaccination Makes You Dangerous (and Stupid).
We have a newspaper of record of sorts here in Alberta. I’ll be quoting from the Edmonton Journal to cover the amazing amount of stupid it takes to somehow think that vaccines are linked to autism. 1. They are not. [Pubmed, Google Scholar.] 2. See #1. “One in five Albertans
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Helpful Infographic – Painkillers.
A few bits of information on the assortment of pain medication available to us. See the PDF here in all its bigness. Filed under: Medicine Tagged: Helpful Infographics, Medicine, Painkilers
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