Going Viral

In this episode:

What measures are being taken to address the Victorian situation?

Understanding how restrictions work together and the rationale for their design

Why the “new normal” is going to be inconsistent between locations

Widespread mask wearing is important... should be essential on public transport

Elimination vs suppression… understanding the choice

Host: Dr David Lim, GP 

Guest: Prof Tony Blakely, Epidemiologist and Public Health Physician

Total time: 21 mins

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In this Episode:

Should we be concerned about the spike reported in Victoria?

Can the spike be controlled by changing restrictions?

What should GPs be telling their patients in Victoria?

Do not underestimate the risk and consequences of a second wave

Host: Dr David Lim, GP

Guest: Prof Robert Booy, Infectious Diseases Specialist; Senior Professorial Fellow, NCIRS; Professor, Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Total time: 15 mins

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In this Episode:

A look at the myriad practical issues that impact on making a vaccine available to the Australian population

What are realistic expectations on timing of its arrival in Australia?

Will we ever go back to the “old normal”?

Host: Dr David Lim, GP

Guests: Megan Brodie, investigative journalist

Total time: 21 mins

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In this Episode:

“Our team has uncovered some very unexpected features of the COVID-19 virus that can be explained by an artificial origin”

Many other researchers are reporting unusual features of COVID-19 that can’t be explained by natural origins

There is a crucial public safety need for objective discussion about whether or not this virus was made in a lab

Engineered viruses are essential to the science necessary for prevention of future pandemics, but they are themselves very risky

Why have many experts dismissed the possibility of COVID-19 being artificial? What does the politicisation of science mean for public health and safety?

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Prof Nikolai Petrovsky. Director of Endocrinology, Flinders Medical Centre; Professor of Medicine at Flinders University; Vice-President and Secretary-General of the International Immunomics Society; Founder of ‘Vaxine’

Total time: 38 mins

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In this Episode:

Genetic engineering, synthetic biology methodologies are widely available

What is “gain of function”, why it is controversial and is it currently permitted?

Could Covid-19 be man-made? It’s a real possibility and not just a crazy conspiracy theory

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute

Total time: 17 mins

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In this Episode:

Are we on the right track with regard to lifting of restrictions?

Protest safely: use a mask and download the COVID-safe app

The US is out of control… implications for Australia

NZ says it has eliminated COVID…what does that mean?

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute

Total time: 11 mins

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In this Episode:

In the vaccine pessimist camp is the famous, nobel-prize winning Prof Ian Frazer, developer of the cervical cancer vaccine, based at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

In the optimist camp is Prof Nikolai Petrovsky, also a successful and accomplished vaccine developer based at the other end of Australia, in Flinders University, Adelaide.

The insights from these two stellar experts are fascinating, useful and ultimately comforting.

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Prof Ian Frazer, Clinical Immunologist; Researcher for Vaccine Development, Faculty of Medicine, The University of QLD

Prof Nikolai Petrovsky, Director of Endocrinology; Flinders Medical Centre, Professor of Medicine at Flinders University, Vice-President and Secretary-General of the International Immunomics Society, Founder of ‘Vaxine’

Total time: 37 mins

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In this Episode:

More on the PCR…timing is important and sensitivity, specificity is not fantastic

Negative tests and clearance for return to work…it’s all about pretest probability

PCR vs serology vs point of care testing

Any role for faecal testing?

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: A/Prof Sanjaya Senanayake, Infectious Diseases Physician; Medical School, ANU

Total time: 16 mins

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In this Episode:

The Francophile’s Experience of COVID-19 in France

Why aren’t the politicians listening to the scientists?

Unexpected Social changes arising

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: Prof Tony Catto-Smith, Paediatric Gastroenterologist; Director, Department of Gastroenterology, The Royal Children’s Hospital; American Gastroenterology Association Fellow; Author.

Total time: 29 mins

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In this Episode:

Is poorly controlled glucose levels a predictor of worse outcome?

The medical workforce is slowly emerging from a physical and psychological war-zone

What’s happening outside of NY

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: A/Prof Umesh Gidwani, Director, Cardiac ICU, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; Associate Professor of Cardiology, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Total time: 28 mins

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