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- Going Viral: COVID-19 tests, cases and practice tips
In this Episode:
- Nasopharyngeal swab is still the gold standard
- What about false positives and weak positives?
- Understanding the saliva test, point of care tests
- Case 1: Mild/moderate symptoms, first COVID-19 test is negative, when should the next test be done?
- Case 2: Very mild symptoms, positive COVID-19 test, what next?
- Case 3: Contact with confirmed COVID-19 case, asymptomatic, should they be tested, any other action?
- How accurate are the global figures for confirmed cases? Any new tests on the horizon?
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Michael Wehrhahn, Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Physician, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology.
Total time: 38 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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39 min - Going Viral: Post COVID-19 Cardiac Disease
In this Episode:
- Myocarditis, vasculitis and coronary thrombosis and/or spasms
- STEMI can be first presentation of COVID-19
- Important to reinforce the perception that hospitals are safe places for patients with significant symptoms
- Primary care case studies
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Raj Puranik, Clinical Cardiologist; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor; The University Of Sydney
Total time: 35 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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36 min - Going Viral: Youth Suicide, Depression, Pandemic Despair - Practical Tips
In this Episode:
- Trauma is at the centre of young people’s pandemic experience
- Restoring a sense of control, hope and optimism is essential to helping young people adjust
- Encouraging young people to help others strengthens sense of meaning and enhances resilience
- “The right to party” can be exchanged for “the opportunity to help”
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Andrew Fuller, Child and Adolescent Psychologist
Total time: 40 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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41 min - Going Viral: Post COVID-19 health sequelae - what GPs need to know
In this Episode:
- A substantial proportion of those who have had COVID-19, experience health issues many weeks and months after the acute infection
- As part of the clinical approach, ask about level of energy and general function, “brain fog”…mental clarity and general pain
- Mental health, shortness of breath are important issues to monitor for
- It will be a multidisciplinary challenge and specialist opinion will often be needed, but GPs will be central players in this process
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Jim Newcombe, Infectious Diseases Physician, Clinical Microbiologist; Royal North Shore Hospital, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology
Total time: 38 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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38 min - Going Viral: Has COVID-19 finished the American Era?
In this Episode:
- American exceptionalism has blinded its leaders to the reality of COVID-19
- The cult of the individual has destroyed the social contract and the protections that it provides
- Pandemic death toll is approaching that of WW2 for the USA
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Wade Davis, Author, Anthropologist, BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk; University of British Columbia
Total time: 36 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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37 min - Going Viral: The second wave, young people, and the psychosocial dimension of COVID-19
In this Episode:
- Young people need to be targeted with social media and science of behaviour change
- Is COVID-19 likely to become endemic in Australia?
- What is the role of the primary care team likely to be as COVID-19 becomes more prevalent?
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Leon Piterman, GP, Head of Department of General Practice, Monash University
Total time: 34 mins
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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35 min - Going Viral: The GPs role in the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to grow
In this Episode:
- What can we learn from the way we have handled the pandemic so far?
- Federal/state divide of health departments has hampered the pandemic response
- The burden of care for COVID-19 patients is now shifting toward GPs
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Leon Piterman, GP, Head of Department of General Practice, Monash University
Total time: 32 mins
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Tuesday, 11 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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33 min - Going Viral: A clear messaging strategy around COVID-19 is desperately needed
In this Episode:
- Messaging is not hitting the mark with young people
- Strategies to build a communication task force to avoid community spread of COVID-19
- We need to depoliticize COVID-19 messaging and address the uncertainty
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Kirsten McCaffrey, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, the University of Sydney; Director of Research, Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School
Total time: 29 mins
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Tuesday, 11 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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30 min - Going Viral: The Mess in America
In this Episode:
- If the test-trace-isolate method was used very early then lockdowns would not be necessary at all
- The government has failed in its core mission - as a result COVID-19 will be endemic in the USA for a long time
- Asymptomatic transmission is the main reason why COVID-19 is so problematic
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Amesh Adalja, Intensivist and Biosecurity Expert; Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security
Total time: 35 mins
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Tuesday, 11 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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35 min - Going Viral: The Race to a Vaccine
In this Episode:
- Vaccine access equity, safety, and production at scale
- COVID-19 antibodies seem to disappear soon after infection, are there implications for the vaccine?
- Is the low mutation rate good or bad for vaccine effectiveness?
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: A/Prof Nigel Crawford, Paediatrician, Director, Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community (SAEFVIC), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Head of Immunisation Services Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Paediatric Department, The University of Melbourne
Total time: 33 mins
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Tuesday, 11 August 2020
7:00pm-9:00pm AEST
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A one-stop source of Coronavirus information for you and your patients as this rapidly evolving crisis unfolds. We welcome your questions or feedback, which you can send to us at the email address…
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