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- 7/16/2020
Fitness buffs face new routines as gyms work to rebuild client confidence
Gym owners warn that it won't be fitness as usual as many Ontario facilities implement new measures to keep members safe while they get back in shape after months of COVID-19 languor. Fitness centres in much of Ontario are set to reopen Friday as part of Stage 3 of the government's COVID-19 restart plan. However, exercise enthusiasts in regions stuck in Stage 2, such as Toronto and Peel, will have to sweat it out on their own for a bit longer. - 7/16/2020
3 problems with the 'balanced' approach to tackling COVID-19
A response to the open letter - 7/16/2020
Canada, U.K., U.S. denounce Russian hackers for targeting COVID-19 vaccine data
Canada, Britain and the United States denounced Russian hackers on Thursday for trying to steal research on COVID-19 vaccines from organizations in all three countries and around the world. Thursday's joint declaration, led by Britain, said the hackers were almost certainly working for Russian intelligence and accused them of disrupting the global efforts to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. - 7/16/2020
British Columbia sets another record with 175 overdose deaths in June alone
Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia, prompting the former provincial health officer to call for radical steps to reduce fatalities including access to pharmaceutical-grade heroin produced in Canada. Dr. Perry Kendall, now interim director at the BC Centre on Substance Use, said access to injectable diacetylmorphine needs to be ramped up after a sharp rise in overdose deaths four years after he declared a public health emergency. - 7/16/2020
Story of Alberta doctors quitting is bargaining tactic: health minister
lberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it's not true that doctors are quitting or withdrawing services in large numbers because of changes to fees and billing. Shandro says in a statement that the reports are nothing more than a bargaining tactic in the pay dispute between the government and physicians - 7/16/2020
CDC extends U.S. ban on cruise ships through September
Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it was extending a no-sail order that had been scheduled to expire July 24. - 7/16/2020
This physician camel's back
- 7/15/2020
Anti-racism rallies led to few COVID-19 infections in Alberta, total cases growing
Eight COVID-19 cases have been identified among the several thousands of people who attended rallies in Calgary and Edmonton. Similar events were held around the world after the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck a Minneapolis police officer compressed with his knee for nearly nine minutes. - 7/15/2020
My oral microbiome and me
I think it’s about time to speak up for the mouth; the bowels have been getting entirely too much attention lately—as if they’re the only successful owners of a microbiome, the only hall that can accommodate a massive rally without needing crowd control. And they seem to thrive on numbers more than quality; there are very few first-names in the bowels. Very few memorable leaders.