12 Apr 2021

  This week Fred and Nick discuss the rising number of variants and the results of a study conducted by Clalit Health Services and Tel Aviv University reporting on real-world data that shows less effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against the South African variant We review what that means and also discuss the reports of side effects from Astrazeneca of Thrombosis and Thrombocy...

05 Apr 2021

  This week Fred and Nick the updated guidelines for travel from the CDC for those that are vaccinated and what that will mean domestically and internationally. Hint – you will still need to use the NPI including wearing a mask for some time yet. Fred shares his second vaccine experience and we talk about what to do with the vaccine card. If you need additional help or support...

29 Mar 2021

  This week Fred and Nick discuss the practicality of vaccine mandates and how best to increase the uptake of vaccination throughout the country. We discuss the challenge of vaccine hesitancy and the disservice that has done to our society, attributable to a relatively small number of individuals, the so-called disinformation dozen Meanwhile, as vaccine supply starts to exceed...

16 Mar 2021

  This week Fred talks about his personal vaccine experience and some of the challenges of coordination that need to be resolved so as many people as possible get access to vaccination as quickly as possible. Different states and counties have different processes some work well, others create difficulties for people at different stages. We also talk about health literacy and ...

08 Mar 2021

  This week Fred and Nick discuss the huge challenge of extended mental health issues that are sweeping through our world post pandemic and the importance of making this a priority for your business. We talk through some of the current status of legislation on vaccine requirements and the variation by states that in some cases has seen legislation to prohibit any type of mand...

01 Mar 2021

  This week we reached a milestone of our 50th Episode on COVID-19 and we take a look back at our predictions what we got right: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) key to mitigation There is no return to normal – we return to something different Testing critical to mitigation Office considerations including for employees, visitors and locations such as break r...

15 Feb 2021

   This week Fred reviews the latest school recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that released a new Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools to incorporate the best available evidence at this time The evidence suggests that many K-12 schools that have strictly implemented mitigation strategies have been able to safely open for in-person i...

09 Feb 2021

  This week’s discussion centers on the latest trend of “Vaccine Shopping”. What’s that you ask – I had the same question. For some who are struggling with accessing appointments, worried that their appointment might be cancelled or even thinking they want to pick and choose the vaccine they get, they are booking multiple appointments. While many of us have played a “spread” the ...