If you are interested in looking at hospitalizations, Ontario has some interesting data in their “pandemic tracker.” Take a look at how hospitalizations for ILIs + COVID compare to historic benchmarks. I bet just glancing at this, you would:
- wonder where the Spring 2020 and Winter 2021 “waves” are hiding; and,
- be able to g…
If you are interested in looking at hospitalizations, Ontario has some interesting data in their “pandemic tracker.” Take a look at how hospitalizations for ILIs + COVID compare to historic benchmarks. I bet just glancing at this, you would:
- wonder where the Spring 2020 and Winter 2021 “waves” are hiding; and,
- be able to guess exactly when Ontario started rolling out the mass vaccination campaign
If you’re looking to get a first dose, I would do it now. Don’t wait - soon it will be coronavirus season and your risk of exposure will be higher.
There’s a reason flu shots are administered in Sep - Nov, and not peak flu season (Jan - Mar)
If you want to see typical seasonality for different human respiratory viruses in Canada, check out this website. It’s updated weekly on Thursdays. We just entered the 2021/22 resp virus season at the beginning of Sep. You can check out previous years’ reports, as well as keep an eye on viral prevalence in Ontario:
Great work.
If you are interested in looking at hospitalizations, Ontario has some interesting data in their “pandemic tracker.” Take a look at how hospitalizations for ILIs + COVID compare to historic benchmarks. I bet just glancing at this, you would:
- wonder where the Spring 2020 and Winter 2021 “waves” are hiding; and,
- be able to guess exactly when Ontario started rolling out the mass vaccination campaign
Here’s the link:
https://www.kflaphi.ca/aces-pandemic-tracker/
Based on this would you say the risk atm to get vaccinated in Ontario is at a low?
If you’re looking to get a first dose, I would do it now. Don’t wait - soon it will be coronavirus season and your risk of exposure will be higher.
There’s a reason flu shots are administered in Sep - Nov, and not peak flu season (Jan - Mar)
If you want to see typical seasonality for different human respiratory viruses in Canada, check out this website. It’s updated weekly on Thursdays. We just entered the 2021/22 resp virus season at the beginning of Sep. You can check out previous years’ reports, as well as keep an eye on viral prevalence in Ontario:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/surveillance/respiratory-virus-detections-canada.html