Going Viral

• Some ‘basic’ influenza epidemiology
• What happened in 2021 and what to expect in 2022
• What's new with cell culture influenza vaccines and high dose influenza vaccines
• Importance of vaccination rates
• Health care worker influenza vaccination

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 22 mins

Guest: A/Prof John Litt AM, Staff Public Health Physician; Associate Professor in the Discipline of General Practice, Flinders University

 

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• The number of confirmed monkey pox cases in Australia and the world
• Transmission can occur via respiratory droplets and aerosols, close contact with bodily fluids, lesions and fomites
• Diagnosis of a monkey pox rash – When to suspect and where to go from there
• Treatment and prevention

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 12 mins

Guest: A/Prof Nicholas Wood, Staff Specialist General Paediatrician; Associate Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance

 

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• Current burden and variants
• Long COVID and vaccines
• COVID vaccine boosters - effectiveness and safety and the need for a 4th dose
• Update on safety of COVID vaccines

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 25 mins

Guest: A/Prof Nicholas Wood, Staff Specialist General Paediatrician; Associate Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance

 

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• New advice on when to vaccinate after COVID infection
• Coronary emergencies after vaccination, hepatitis in children - cause for concern
• Ba5 update

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 32 mins

Guest: A/Prof Paul Griffin, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist; Director of Infectious Diseases, Mater Hospital; Lecturer, University of Queensland; Principal Investigator and Medical Director, Nucleus Network

 

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• Should GPs have a fourth booster?
• The Ba4 and Ba5 variants
• More information on the antivirals
• Long COVID is an emerging public health issue
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 42 mins

Guest: Prof Nancy Baxter, Clinical Epidemiologist; Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

 

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• A look at our local and national infection rates
• Third and fourth boosters - more data on benefits
• Influenza and other respiratory infections will cause a problem sooner or later
• The antivirals - Paxlovid and Lagevrio
• What does the medium to long term future look like?
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 46 mins

Guest: Prof Kristine Macartney, Infectious Disease Specialist, Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

 

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• Overseas travel and COVID - booster before travelling? What’s the evidence?
• The more transmissible OMICRON subvariant... is there any cause for concern here?
• Pre-exposure Prophylaxis - understanding how to use EVUSHELD - what/when/for who/safety and side effects
• Which Anti-COVID drugs DO NOT work for OMICRON?...most of the MABs
• Paed vax programme issues… data suggests rapidly waning protection?
• Daycare/pre-school challenges
• Twindemic prep, indigenous update

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 43 mins

Guest: Prof Robert Booy, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Paediatrician; Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney Clinical School, Children's Hospital at Westmead

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• Olfactory disturbances with COVID19 is evidence of brain involvement
• Whilst olfactory changes mostly resolve, cognitive changes may not return to normal
• Consider a neuropsychological assessment for patients complaining of fatigue, poor attention span, slower processing speed. It is important to not let these patients suffer in silence
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 42 mins

Guests: Dr Lucette Cysique, Clinical Neuropsychologist; St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney; Senior Research Fellow, UNSW
and Dr Clare Ramsden, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Deputy Director; Allied Health, Tasmanian Health Service

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• A clinical overview of Novavax
• Is a fourth booster imminent for Australia?
• Post-COVID cardiovascular risk
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 32 mins

Guest: A/Prof Nigel Crawford, Chair, ATAGI, Infectious Disease Specialist; 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; Secondment Senior Medical Advisor, Victorian Department Health COVID19 vaccine safety team; Chair, Victorian Specialist Immunisation Services (VicSIS) network

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• With the opening of the borders and the relaxation of COVID related social distancing measures, the risk of infectious respiratory disease is significantly elevated
• COVID is not the only preventable infectious disease - influenza, pertussis, and pneumonia are also very important
• The risk is elevated for those with chronic respiratory disease but these considerations are important for all people, especially older patients
• Patients presenting for the COVID booster can be co-administered their flu/pertussis/pneumonia vaccination as well

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 36 mins

Guest: Prof Christine Jenkins, Head, Respiratory Group, The George Institute for Global Health

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