Category: COVID-19

This new video from Vox is really helpful for showing how the COVID vaccines were developed so quickly — without skipping safety steps!

By overlapping steps instead of doing things one after the other, we developed so many fantastic vaccines that will be a key tool to beating this pandemic. Each one is thoroughly reviewed by Health Canada for safety and effectiveness before it being approved.

Share with your fam & friends and check out the full video on @voxdotcom’s IGTV! #ScienceUpFirst!

COVID-19 = “the great equalizer”? NOPE.

Many factors impact risk of catching COVID-19. Stats show higher cumulative (total) infection rates among people working in low paid, public-facing jobs & living in crowded households.

SO… to slow the spread of COVID-19, we need more than blanket “tougher” measures. Instead, we need a “smarter” and more equitable response that includes:
Safety measures in workplaces
Investment in *supportive measures* for those who are disproportionately affected (such as housing, paid sick leave)
Income relief so people can stay at home if sick

While blaming rule-breakers is satisfying & easy, individualizing COVID-19 safety disregards the structural factors that underlie the spread of infection.

How can you advocate for better safety supports in your community?

How do we know the COVID-19 vaccine won’t have long-term side effects?

#ScienceUpFirst: @dr.noc breaks it down.

Dr. Krista busts some COVID-19 vaccine myths.

✨No, it will not give you COVID-19.
✨No, it will not change or alter your DNA
✨Does not have a microchip to track you
✨Will NOT make you infertile
✨& it’s FALSE that it, “Isn’t safe. It’s safer to just get covid.”
Stay informed and remember to #ScienceUpFirst!

What’s reeeeeaaally in the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines? Geneticist Alex Dainis breaks down each ingredient.