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  • COVID in a College Town

    Articles and links discussed in this program:

    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article245001125.html?fbclid=IwAR3rFAxD54GZEFRazr8m-nUyPLMx3_KhiHdx7wHDZUgiwftdLfG2hxDbyNw

    http://drallemann.com/open-letter-from-medical-professionals.html

    32 min
  • Mask Efficacy and Virus Transmission

    Links to studies and articles mentioned in this show:
    https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/07/sciadv.abd3083

    https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.03.20167395v1.full.pdf

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/health/coronavirus-aerosols-indoors.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


    https://kearneyhub.com/news/state/24-in-cast-members-from-north-platte-community-playhouse-test-positive-for-covid-19/article_9ac0acb9-49ef-5f27-97d6-680aa809499a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Kearney_Hub&fbclid=IwAR1Tn5LY6iLSP19bJnHsBgM_-yldvWH1v6Uu2PTvB_fcfYGfVSEzZIUBLNQ

    32 min
  • COVID-19 and the Missouri State Budget
    Host Ginny Chadwick and Representative Kip Kendrick of the Missouri State House 45th District discuss how COVID-19 and other policies have affected the Missouri state budget. Representative Kendrick serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Budget Committee and has served as a Boone County representative since 2014.
    27 min
  • Research Recap: Transmission Among Children

    Further reading and resources: 

    • CDC report: SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp
    • Contact tracing during Phase I of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Province of Trento, Italy: key findings and recommendations
    • Age-Related Differences in Nasopharyngeal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Levels in Patients With Mild to Moderate Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)



    34 min
  • COVID News Roundup

    Further reading/resources:

    • PPIs and COVID-19 Risk: A Closer Look at the Data (Medscape)
      • Link to the pre-print article
    • University of Missouri looks at requiring students to report positive COVID tests (Columbia Tribune)
    • GUEST COMMENTARY: Let's clear the air about COVID-19 preparedness at MU (Columbia Missourian)




    24 min

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Community Pulse is a special report on the unfolding coronavirus situation in mid-Missouri featuring local family physician Elizabeth Allemann, M.D. and public health advocate Ginny Chadwick. Catch it…