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- 7/26/2020
Reopening schools isn't what's most important right now
School is not exclusively a positive force in the lives of children, and sending them back before it is safe to do so could do more damage than good - 7/26/2020
Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding
An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line on a foreign-made pandemic cure. "I really do believe that we need to keep the pressure now on the government of Canada, whom I'm not criticizing. I get that this is an unusual time. And this may be in hand, or it may have fallen through the cracks. But we can't allow that to happen,'' Sen. Doug Black said in an interview Monday. - 7/26/2020
‘Vaccine nationalism’ threatens access to COVID-19 treatments
Canada's government should be looking at setting up a Crown corporation to ensure a domestic supply of critical drugs and vaccines at reasonable prices - 7/26/2020
Quebec sees worrying spike in COVID 19 infections among young people
Protesters also come out against mandatory masking legislation which took effect Monday - 7/26/2020
B.C. puts controversial overdose bill on hold
Critics of the bill, which proposes to detain young people after they OD, say it would disproportionately impact Indigenous youth - 7/26/2020
Can the flu shot benefit COVID-19 patients?
New research out of Brazil suggests that the influenza vaccine may provide benefits for patients who contract COVID-19 - 7/25/2020
Less than 1% of Canadians are believed to have contracted SARS-CoV-2
Canadian Blood Services and Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Working Group have released initial results from the analysis of the first 10,000 samples tested for the presence of antibodies to the disease. However, less than 1% of them contained antibodies. - 7/25/2020
Posting on Quebec's COVID-19 frontline shaped Duvernay-Tardif's decision: agent
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif's decision to sit out the 2020 NFL season and focus on medicine wasn't an easy one, but his experience on the front lines of Quebec's COVID-19 fight at a long-term care home shaped that decision, his agent said Saturday. The Canadian offensive lineman announced late Friday through social media he wouldn't take part in the upcoming NFL season, becoming the first player to opt out due to the COVID-19 pandemic.