Going Viral

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Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 25 mins

Guest: Prof Stephen Duckett, Health Economist, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Health and Aged Care Program Director, Grattan Institute; Australian public policy think tank and Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, La Trobe University

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• We are a nation divided as there isn't a uniform message and strategy that is accepted by all states. We need such an agreement in Australia and the leadership must come from Canberra with advice from experts
• It is vital we continue with social distancing and personal protection restrictions when we intermingle even after we achieve the 80% two jab target
• We need to vaccinate children and to protect the community
• If we do not tame this spread of COVID, we will have a hospital crisis
• Australians are sub-optimally immunised as we adopted a shortened period between first and second shots as such, we will need booster doses but raises the issue of vaccine equity

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 34 mins

Guest: Prof John Dwyer AO, Immunologist; Professor of Medicine; Public Health Advocate; Director, The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation; Emeritus Professor, UNSW

 

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• An expert applies scientific scrutiny and highlights important issues with Australia’s proposed roadmap out of the pandemic
• Why is the NSW lockdown not working what must be done
• Some comments on the UK and Israel situation

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 37 mins

Guest: Prof Stephen Duckett, Health Economist, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Health and Aged Care Program Director, Grattan Institute; Australian public policy think tank and Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, La Trobe University

 

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• One dose of COVID vaccine can reduce secondary outcomes of severe disease and hospitalisations by about 60%
• Vaccinated individuals can still become infected and transmit the virus and may cause severe disease in those whom they have spread it to
• Novavax may become the preferred vaccine for boosters, which may be required in 12 months
• Even after full vaccination, personal safety with masks, hand washing, social distancing and avoiding mass gatherings remain the cornerstone of prevention of COVID

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 44 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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• GPs have a crucial role in getting the right message to our patients when discussing COVID vaccine options
• We should stick with the ATAGI recommendations wherever possible
• In discussing benefits and risks, know the latest figures. Check the weekly ATAGI reports
• Other voices are causing confusion and have other motives, our principle responsibility is to our patient and we need to block out the noise
• There is no right or wrong decision, people may take time to make up their minds. There should be no coercion so that trust is not broken

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 42 mins

Guest: Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Physician; Founder, fungalAi; Co-Founder, Healthcare Workers Australia

 

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• The key to diagnosis is the timing relating to the first dose of the AZ vaccine, most cases occurring between days 4 and 30
• Look out for headaches and abdominal pain that are unusual, does not settle with usual treatment, and occur within the 4 – 30 day post immunisation period
• Key blood tests show thrombocytopenia  <150 and d-dimer >5 times ULN

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 27 mins

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

 

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In this episode: 

• Vaccine rollout – an update
• Latest in vaccine safety
• Five minutes with Comirnaty – Pfizer vaccine

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP | 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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In this episode: 

• The twin issues of vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine of returned travellers are capturing our attention
• The bigger question is when can we open our international borders.
• To counter vaccine hesitancy, appropriate educational campaigns ought to be happening now
• Countries whose health systems are collapsing should be helped

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP | Total time: 28 mins

Guest: Prof Stephen Duckett, Health Economist, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Health Program Director, Grattan Institute; Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, La Trobe University

 

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In this episode: 

• Our current vaccine rollout is a mess, mostly because federal politicians are politicising the pandemic
• Decisions are being made without the important contribution of frontline health professionals
• There is little transparency in decision making which profoundly erodes trust
• When politicians start politicising, public health suffers immediately... doctors at the coalface need to unify and call out this problem

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP | Total time: 37 mins

Guest: Bill Bowtell AO, Adjunct Professor, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, UNSW; Executive Director, Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

 

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• COVID-19 vaccine current advice

• Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia

• Allergic reactions

• Current Aus-Vax Safety data

Host: Dr David Lim | Total time: 27 mins

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

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