There were six new cases reported today: 1 in New Brunswick and 5 in Nova Scotia.
The one NB case is in the Woodstock area and is related to a prior case caused by international travel. The person works at or attends a school. Parents notified.
Four of the new cases in NS are directly related to travel outside of the Bubble, and the remaining case is a close contact of an existing travel case (e.g., household member). All were already isolating when detected.
That's the largest one-day case count in NS since May 15th.
There's a presumptive case in NFLD, but it hasn't been formally announced so it's not in my data.
By my count, that leaves 52 known, active cases inside the Bubble, of which 38 are in NB.
Remember to wear a mask, maintain good distancing, avoid crowds, and self-isolate if you return from outside the Bubble.
Thanks to everyone complying with public health advice!
Happy Halloween!
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Tonight's study was published last month in the International Journal of Drug Policy by Goldenberg et al: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31838244
The topic is looking at police-related barriers to harm reduction among sex workers.
There have been quite a few studies recently showing that police interactions can have negative effects on sex workers' ability to do things like successfully negotiate condom use or access health services.
The current study looks at the same concept as applies to risk of overdose among sex workers. With both sex work and substance use being criminalized activities in Canada (where the study takes place), there seems like there would be a good chance that police behaviour...
Tonight's study was published this month in the journal Addictive Behaviors by Gaines et al: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… (full text).
The topic: what predicts quitting sex work in a sample of highly vulnerable workers?
One of the most common methodological complaints in sex work research is that the samples are often heavily skewed towards higher-risk sex workers. This isn't itself a problem, unless the point of the study is to assess the overall risk level that sex workers experience.
(risk being potentially defined as anything from addictive behaviours, extreme poverty, exposure to violence, or sexually transmitted infections, etc).
The topic: What happens when you shut down brothels?
In 2001, Cambodia embarked on a campaign to encourage 100% condom use among sex workers (although the program focused primarily on brothels, presumably because of their fixed location).
This took the form of providing free STI screening and treatment to brothel-based workers...
...trsining for brothel manager's to better support condom use, and venue monitoring in the form of penalties (e.g. temporary closure) in the event of an outbreak of STIs.
And (whatever you think of those measures)... it seemed to have some positive effects.