•  Dearche   ( @Dearche@lemmy.ca ) 
    8•1 year ago

    Honestly, I never stopped wearing a mask. After having it for years, it just feels more comfortable wearing it than not nowadays. Not wearing it is like going shirtless or something.

    That aside, it also feels like after COVID, a lot of people have lost their sense of smell. The issue of excessive perfumes and nasty odours has gotten worse and I feel like I’ll choke on them if I’m not wearing a mask. I already feel like choking despite wearing a mask, so it’s hard to imagine how much worse it’ll be without it.

      •  corsicanguppy   ( @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ) 
        1•1 year ago

        I prefer heckling people who don’t listen to their doctor.

        To his credit, one of my work peers whom I found out is afraid of the single most tested vaccine set in history, and with whom I’ve argued passionately and at length, is still 100% professional and helpful when we’re on the clock, and I really have to respect that. There ARE those with whom we can have impassioned and frustrating arguments, and who are still absolute heroes in the next breath.

  •  AutoTL;DR   ( @autotldr@lemmings.world ) BEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Western University microbiologist Eric Arts said Ontario’s wastewater in particular is showing an increase in virus samples, but with reduced reporting and limited testing across much of the country, the full picture is hazy.

    As CBC News recently reported, research shows a majority of the population has developed some level of immunity against SARS-CoV-2, thanks to high rates of vaccination and three-quarters of Canadians likely having detectable antibodies linked to prior infections.

    But while many individuals’ immune systems are now better trained to recognize this threat, reducing rates of serious illness and death over the course of the pandemic, the level of protection needed to avoid another infection in the first place can fade over time.

    The challenges stemming from another wave would hit Canada on multiple fronts, said infectious diseases specialist Dr. Donald Vinh, an associate professor in McGill University’s department of medicine.

    Booster shots could shore up Canadians’ immunity this fall, particularly as drug makers have adapted their vaccines to better match currently circulating strains, but Vinh cautioned the “cycles are not in sync.”

    Even at this point, however, Colijn stressed we’re in a better place than the U.S. heading into the fall, given the higher levels of vaccine uptake in Canada over the last few years — so a spike in cases mirroring the surge south of the border isn’t inevitable.

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