AskPippa🇨🇦<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> news. Story from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://press.coop/@CBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CBCNews</span></a></span> <br>A few highlights, link below. <br>"Key indicators are forecasting <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a> may be on the brink of entering a fall COVID-19 wave. " </p><p>...."Health experts consulted for this piece agreed that a fall <a href="https://c.im/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a>-19 wave would be unlikely to induce mask <a href="https://c.im/tags/mandates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandates</span></a> or lockdowns. "</p><p>"I don't think there's anything that we're seeing right now that would suggest we should go into <a href="https://c.im/tags/lockdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockdown</span></a> or anything like we've seen in the past, in terms of early pandemic <a href="https://c.im/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> measures.," Graber said. </p><p>... Razak did distinguish between general mask mandates and those for higher risk environments like <a href="https://c.im/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a>, adding that the latter is something he hopes provinces will consider. "</p><p>""Most experts are advising to hold off on getting a# booster until the new <a href="https://c.im/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> have arrived, which experts say are expected mid-fall."<br>""If you're young and healthy and overdue, just wait until the new boosters come out," he said. </p><p>"But if you're somebody of substantial risk and you're due for your booster, you should probably get it now. Even current vaccines will protect you from acute infection for a good month or two." <br> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IDmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDmastodon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/medmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>medmastodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://c.im/tags/medmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/more-covid-cases-are-coming-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-1.6951092" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/more</span><span class="invisible">-covid-cases-are-coming-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-1.6951092</span></a></p>