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-===== CoVaRR-Net - Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network ===== +====== CoVaRR-Net ====== 
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 CoVaRR-Net, or Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network, is a network of interdisciplinary researchers from institutions across the country created to assist in the Government of Canada’s overall strategy to address the potential threat of emerging [[:SARS-CoV-2]] variants. Our mandate is to coordinate, facilitate, support and accelerate rapid response research throughout Canada. CoVaRR-Net, or Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network, is a network of interdisciplinary researchers from institutions across the country created to assist in the Government of Canada’s overall strategy to address the potential threat of emerging [[:SARS-CoV-2]] variants. Our mandate is to coordinate, facilitate, support and accelerate rapid response research throughout Canada.
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 Here we report sequencing and inference of SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variant lineages (including variants of concern) in 936 wastewater samples and thousands of matched clinical sequences collected between March 2020 and July 2021 in the cities of Montreal, Quebec City, and Laval, representing almost half the population of the Canadian province of Quebec. We benchmarked our sequencing and variant-calling methods on known viral genome sequences to establish thresholds for inferring variants in wastewater with confidence. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411140705/https://www.agtg.ca/covarr-net)) Here we report sequencing and inference of SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variant lineages (including variants of concern) in 936 wastewater samples and thousands of matched clinical sequences collected between March 2020 and July 2021 in the cities of Montreal, Quebec City, and Laval, representing almost half the population of the Canadian province of Quebec. We benchmarked our sequencing and variant-calling methods on known viral genome sequences to establish thresholds for inferring variants in wastewater with confidence. ((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411140705/https://www.agtg.ca/covarr-net))
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 +==== COVID Vaccines for Children ====
 +Read CoVaRR-Net’s full Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) document on Vaccine Administration for Children.((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411144257/https://covarrnet.ca/vaccine-administration-for-children/))
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 +=== Recommendations ===
 +(note zero information about necessity, risks, safety or efficacy of COVID jabs for kids just delivery)
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 +Vaccine administration consists of a series of activities prior to and on the day of vaccine delivery, including the booking of vaccination appointments, the injection of the vaccines, and the keeping of vaccination records (5,6). As of November 19, 2021, the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID vaccine has been approved by Health Canada for children ages 5 through 11. Previously, Health Canada had approved both the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID vaccine and Moderna Spikevax COVID vaccine for youth 12 years of age and older. //High uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine across the population is key to reducing hospitalizations and death during the pandemic// (7). The following SBAR examines how to reduce barriers for school-age children accessing the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as approaches for vaccine allocation, distribution, booking, and tracking. The SBAR recommends where vaccination clinics could be held, at what hours, and what the booking process should be, based on a review of best practices from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on reducing barriers and vaccination equity.((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411174935/https://covarrnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sbar-vaccine-administration-for-children-en.pdf))
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 === Taxpayer Funded Research === === Taxpayer Funded Research ===
 Full list of projects((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411142844/https://covarrnet.ca/covarr-net-funded-research/)) Full list of projects((https://web.archive.org/web/20220411142844/https://covarrnet.ca/covarr-net-funded-research/))
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