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Manitoba New App for Immunization Card
Monday, August 9, 2021
The Manitoba Immunization Card app will allow people to access their digital card when not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data services. continue reading
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 234
Friday, August 6, 2021
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 234
http://volanteonline.com/2021/04/getting-back-to-the-outdoors/
Thank you for the article on the benefits of sunlight. Here are a few more facts you may not have known:
- Sun exposure kills the Covid-19 virus outside the body very quickly, and the vitamin D produced by the skin in response to sunlight dramatically reduces the risk of dying of Covid-19—as much as 50-plus percent!
Seasonality of COVID-19 confirmed
Friday, August 6, 2021
The seasonal values of ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ADC, however, were consistent with fluctuations in COVID-19 prevalence across all five countries, with high ADC and UV linked to low prevalence and vice versa. continue reading
Skin cancer and screening: The good and the bad of ‘overdiagnosis’
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Due to fear of litigation or other factors, doctors tend to err on the side of diagnosing a cancer, which helps explain why melanoma in-situ is 50 times more common now than it was in 1975. continue reading
Manitoba PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER CHANGES TO COME INTO EFFECT AUG. 7; MANY SECTORS TO FULLY OPEN WITH NO RESTRICTIONS
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Specifically, the new public health orders will allow the following sectors to open without restrictions:
• gyms and fitness centres;
• personal services such as hair and nail salons; continue reading
