Worldwide COVID-19 case counts in a usable format thanks to the EU CDC ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication…

Uptick in the yellow curve has me very worried. Community-dwelling older folk are representing an increasing portion of cases in Wave 2. publichealthontario.ca/-/media/docume…

I'm worried this is happening across the country with communities that are hit hard not the ones getting vaccinated Solution is not to slow things down with complex rules Its to use data to track and proactively target efforts to ensure highest risk folks are not left behind

SARS-CoV-2 with S-gene target failure, a proxy for B.1.1.7, is rising rapidly in parts of the GTA. Work with PHO and Dynacare colleagues @LeeGoneau medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

My latest w/ The Local: Toronto's northwest, which contains the highest-risk neighbourhoods for COVID-19, has been left behind in the pharmacy rollout of the vaccine. In the initial 200+ pharmacy selection in Toronto, not one was in a top-5 highest risk neighbourhood. Thread(1/5)

New work out in JAMA today. Main findings: (1) VOC cases are 49% more transmissible than non-VOC, (2) variant cases increased even during the 6-week province-wide lockdown (Dec 26 to Feb 9) jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

In Denmark, BA.2 was introduced earlier and has outcompeted BA.1. As in the UK, BA.2 has the greatest growth advantage, followed by BA.1.1. BA.1 and BA.1.1 cases have been falling (r < 0) in recent weeks. BA.2 has been growing throughout, but appears to be peak now.

A suggestion for visualising and predicting the effects of new variants using "variant pressure", a quantity that can be calculated from the proportion of each variant. Shown here is variant pressure for the BA.2 and BA.5 waves in the UK, with a comparison to infection numbers.

Disconcerting news about #ProMED, an invaluable service that should really be treated as a global public good. "ProMED, an early warning system on disease outbreaks, appears near collapse" statnews.com/2023/08/03/pro…

Job opportunity for infectious disease modeller at Public Health Ontario working on respiratory virus shedding dynamics at individual and population levels …chealthontario.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PHOCaree…. Closes tonight at 11.59PM

#WAAW2024 #AntibioticResistance

Public health VS the NRA. It'll be interesting to see who wins this All American battle. washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-h…

Beall's list is down - for reasons unknown. I hope this essential information source on predatory journals and publishers is back soon x.com/lacey_earle/st…

Sums up my thoughts on #KingStreetPilot! x.com/GraphicMatt/st…