/oss/taxonomy/term/4921/all en /oss/article/covid-19-medical-critical-thinking/evidence-shows-masks-work <hr /> <p><em>This article was originally posted in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-the-evidence-shows-masks-work">Montreal Gazette.</a></em></p> <hr /> <p>As we see cases of multiple respiratory viruses rising in Canada and around the world, we now have to deal with not just COVID-19, but also respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV) and influenza. As a result, overcrowded ERs are functioning so far beyond capacity it beggars belief and the health-care system is struggling to provide people with the optimal care they deserve.</p> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9298 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-medical-critical-thinking/claims-immunity-debt-children-owe-us-evidence <p>At the beginning of the fifth season of the television show <i>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</i>, we the audience are introduced to a character, Dawn, we have never seen before. Intriguingly, every character around her acts as if she has always existed. We know that something is amiss, but her friends and relatives don’t.</p> <p>I feel the same way about the concept of an “immunity debt.” It sprang out of nowhere, but so many people act as if this is an old chestnut in the field of immunology.</p> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9291 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/science-vs-joe-rogan <p>“Lot of times, we’re drinking or we’re high, you know, and I say stupid shit.” Coming from a teenager,<a href="https://youtu.be/PloZ-GB9tzA?t=256"> </a><a href="https://youtu.be/PloZ-GB9tzA?t=256">this statement</a> may invoke memories of your own adolescence. But carried by the voice of then-53-year-old Joe Rogan defending his off-the-cuff, on-the-air remarks about COVID vaccines in young adults, it reeks of arrested development.</p> Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8927 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/how-help-protect-under-12-crowd <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-how-to-help-protect-the-under-12-crowd">Montreal Gazette</a></p> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:08:19 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8836 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/what-we-know-about-kids-and-masks <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/christopher-labos-what-we-know-about-kids-and-masks">the Montreal Gazette</a></p> Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:06:13 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8791 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/paper-argues-amulet-may-protect-covid-should-it-have-been-published <p>“It’s not a hoax! It’s not a hoax!” Dr. Moses Turkle Bility, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, told me over Zoom. And I believe him.</p> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:25:59 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8474 at /oss