21 Jun 2021

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&   This week Fred and Nick review the latest data on the Delta variant that is sweeping across countries and causing concern. The data as it stands suggests this variant is more contagious (spreads easier from person to person) and has increased virulence (more likely to cause severe illness in unvaccinated people). It has become the dominant strain in a number of areas a...
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15 Jun 2021

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  This week Fred and Dr. Nick look into their crystal ball and tease out some of the changes we will see in our world that will stay with us post the COVID19 pandemic: Are masks here to stay? What about Sick Leave policy? Surveillance and Wastewater Monitoring? Building Re-Design? Brain Health Challenges especially for Children. “Not to feel exasperated, or defeated, or...
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07 Jun 2021

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This week Fred and Nick discuss the long tail of COVID-19 that is impacting many people with “Long COVID” discussing some of the theories, what symptoms people see.  Long COVID was characterized by symptoms of fatigue, headache, dyspnea, and anosmia and was more likely with increasing age and body mass index and female sex https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... Based on the most rec...
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24 May 2021

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  This week Fred and Nick discuss the latest in mask mandates, the changes to the mask-wearing guidance, and what that means to individuals in the choices they make. The guidance is varied throughout the US although the CDC guidance has stated that those who have been vaccinated do not need to wear a mask indoors or outdoors. These guidelines are varied based on location, state, ...
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17 May 2021

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   This week Fred and Nick discuss the advancing scientific knowledge and how this has impacted the understanding and the mitigation of COVID19. We highlight the key changes to the guidance that has taken place over the last year or more that includes: Transmission path – droplet vs aerosol Surfaces and cleaning guidance with a focus on handwashing Learning from History an...
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10 May 2021

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This week Fred and Nick discuss the new CDC guidance that begins to recognize airborne transmission of the virus and what that should mean to how we behave and what mitigation activities we should be taking The good news is life is opening up for those that are vaccinated especially for ‘small’ groups and family gatherings. But we still need to continue to follow the mitigation guidan...
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03 May 2021

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  This week Fred and Nick discuss the positive impact vaccines are having beyond the basic prevention of disease that includes a 50% reduction in transmission of the virus in those people who have been vaccinated. The importance of being fully vaccinated even if you have had COVID19 in the past And we review SARS-CoV-2 and the number of variants emerging, which in this case is...
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27 Apr 2021

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  This week Fred and Nick discuss the concerns regarding variants including a recently pre-published article (Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals) that has some people worried that they can still get infected with COVID19 – the so-called ‘Breakthrough’ infections. We review the details of the study an...
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19 Apr 2021

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  This week Fred and Nick discuss the assessment of risk in the context of vaccines and their effectiveness at combatting the COVID19 disease and the challenge of putting risk in perspective. The numbers you hear don’t tell the story and even when you think you understand the data, you may not as the inputs and environment keeps changing both improving things but also making thin...
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