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Next, preventing the emergence of new variants

28 Jan 2022

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

With COVID-19, Air Is Both the Problem and the Solution

15 Jan 2022

On March 28, 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted out, “FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne.”...

Shedding Light on Illusionary Connections

7 Jan 2022

We may have left 2021 behind, but unfortunately, the misinformation that characterized the past year continues unabated. Betty White, comedienne extraordinaire, passed away on December 31, just...

Can you fool a COVID rapid test by putting Vaseline in your nostrils?

7 Jan 2022

This notion emerged after some partiers on a flight chartered by a private Quebec club allegedly planned to trick a COVID rapid antigen test to produce a negative result. Their idea was to prevent...

Some things to know about COVID rapid tests

30 Dec 2021

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette

Ruminations on Rapid Tests

23 Dec 2021

To test or not to test, that is the question, to steal a line from Shakespeare. Actually, when to test is a more important query because there is no doubt that appropriate testing of the population...

Do Bad Viruses Always Become Good Guys in the End?

18 Dec 2021

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...

Are triple-vaccinated people more likely to be infected by the Omicron variant than the unvaccinated?

17 Dec 2021

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...

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