Going Viral

• Practical details on boosters and their combination
• The 5-11yo vaccination programme…safety and efficacy
• Infant immunisation is coming soon

Host: Dr Vivienne Miller | Total time: 32 mins

Guest: Prof Kristine Macartney, Paediatrician; Infectious Disease Specialist, Staff Specialist in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

 

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•    Long COVID is emerging as a major public health issue
•    It seems to primarily involve the CNS
•    GPs to be up to speed on this relatively under recognised issue

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 13 mins

Guest: Prof Mary-Louise McLaws, Epidemiologist; Director, Immunisation Coalition; Professor of Epidemiology, Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW

 

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• What we know about Omicron so far

• Boosters should be given earlier than six months

• Children are the current Covid target group
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 50 mins

Guest: Prof Mary-Louise McLaws, Epidemiologist; Director, Immunisation Coalition; Professor of Epidemiology, Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW

 

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• At this stage, Omicron does not appear to be causing severe disease so right now there is little cause for alarm 
• But we need more time to understand it, especially its impact on the most vulnerable groups
• The key information will become available within 2-3 weeks
• This development highlights vaccine equity as a very important issue
• Per capita, Australia has donated more covid vaccines than any other country except the USA
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 33 mins

Guest: Dr Gary Grohmann, Virologist; Vaccine Manufacturing Expert; Former Director of Immunobiology and WHO ERL at the TGA, Office of Laboratories and Scientific Services

 

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• More information has emerged regarding theories about the origin of the virus
• An understanding of when and how to use PCR and RAT
• Future waves/outbreaks are likely, what should we be doing about it?
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 33 mins

Guest: Prof Dominic Dwyer, Medical Virologist and Infectious Diseases Physician; Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Sydney

 

 

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• This is the Novavax update we've been waiting for
• All of the frequently asked questions
• Novavax promises to be a very positive addition to our national COVID strategy
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 39 mins

Guest: Dr Gary Grohmann, Virologist; Vaccine Manufacturing Expert; Former Director of Immunobiology and WHO ERL at the TGA, Office of Laboratories and Scientific Services

 

 

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•  COVID Booster dose
• Myocarditis following mRNA vaccine
• Vaccinating 5-11-year-olds with Pfizer
• Best vaccine delivery method
• Opening the borders - don’t forget there are many vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs)
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 30 mins

Guest: A/Prof Nigel Crawford, 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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Dr Gary Grohmann raises important issues and questions surrounding the imminent release of home rapid antigen test kits in Australia. It is not as clear and simple as it may sound.

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 41 mins

Guest: Dr Gary Grohmann, Virologist; Vaccine Manufacturing Expert; Former Director of Immunobiology and WHO ERL at the TGA, Office of Laboratories and Scientific Services

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• ATAGI latest
• Boosters for who?
• What about this antiviral, Molnupiravir?
• Moderna safety concerns
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 23 mins

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

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• An update on the latest ATAGI announcements
• Moderna safety data
• The booster debate
• Back to school
  
  

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 31 mins

Guest: A/Prof Nigel Crawford, 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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