While governments and journalists blame selfish vaccine refusers for the high rates of hospitalization and ICU bed occupation of unvaccinated people, there are likely causes other than the vaccine itself.
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While I discourage the use of most dietary supplements, there are exceptions. One is Vitamin B12 (cobalamin). Read this instalment to find out why.
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While vaccines against COVID-19 are undeniably effective in reducing severe illness and mortality, questions remain about risks vs benefits. Governments all over the world are attempting to encourage widespread vaccine uptakes, but their strategies often involve diffusion of slanted or even misleading information. It is high time to address this problematic messaging.
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Henry Olders, P.Eng, MD, FRCPC Affiliate Member, Dept of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Abstract It is believed that nursing home residents experience more disease severity and higher mortality from COVID-19, compared to community-dwelling elderly with similar comorbidities. Among the possible explanations for this phenomenon is the difference in vitamin…
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Letter to the editor of The Suburban, published in the 2020-9-16 issue. A couple of days ago, I was listening to a radio programme (“The Current” with host Matt Galloway, on CBC Radio One). The 7 Sept 2020 episode was a national call-in show, “How concerned are you about schools…
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Henry Olders, P.Eng, MD, FRCPC Affiliate Member, Dept of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Abstract For many, the current COVID-19 pandemic creates fear and anxiety, to some extent because we lack control. The virus is invisible, even people we are close to could infect us, apparently healthy people may get…
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