CATEGORY / blog

by Raywat Deonandan, PhD
Epidemiologist & Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
(I add my credentials to these COVID-19 blog posts in case they get shared. I want readers to know that my opinion is supposedly an educated and informed one)

Later this morning (May 18, 2020) I will be on CBC’s “The Current” to talk about the epidemiology of re-opening Ontario’s economy. I’ll be on-air with Dr Justin Fendos of South Korea and Dr. Tobias Kurth of Germany. Since I’m already thinking about the topic, I thought I’d take the opportunity to put some of my perspectives in writing.

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by Raywat Deonandan, PhD
Epidemiologist & Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
(I add my credentials to these COVID-19 blog posts in case they get shared. I want readers to know that my opinion is supposedly an educated and informed one)

I have a bit of a busy day tomorrow (and possibly the rest of my life –I’ll explain some other time), so wanted to get in a quick post about some common questions I’ve been getting from the media. (more…)

by Raywat Deonandan, PhD
Epidemiologist & Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
(I add my credentials to these COVID-19 blog posts in case they get shared. I want readers to know that my opinion is supposedly an educated and informed one)

I’m continuing to try to answer some of the more common questions I’ve been getting from the general public and media. One of the recurring ones goes something like, “I’m a healthy 32 year old man living in Birmingham, Alabama. What are my chances of dying of COVID-19?” (more…)