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We need more supports for dealing with COVID-19
January 10, 2024Recently, Global News reported that BTNX, “a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health Canada.” In turn, this meant these tests were more likely than originally reported to produce a false negative — meaning you could still be positive and infectious with COVID-19, despite a negative result. While BTNX has refuted these claims, this isn’t necessarily a new problem — COVID-19 tests have become increasingly unreliable at detecting new variants. Further, testing at the wrong point during your infection can also yield unreliable results. The problem points…
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Hot, budget-friendly tips for fighting the flu
November 5, 2019The reign of flu season has begun. Your favourite symptoms — fever, stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, and body aches — are back and ready to attack. Since my friends and I have been taken hostage by some particularly…
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SFSS members continue to comment following impeachment motion
September 4, 2018After unanimously passing the motion to recommend the impeachment of president Jas Randhawa was passed unanimously, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced the motion on Facebook. The impeachment will be brought to a vote during the 2018 annual…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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