The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on children and health care workers with Professor Paul Offit
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In episode 6 of our COVID19 Road to a vaccine series, our host, Associate Professor Nigel Crawford, speaks to Professor Paul Offit. Professor Offit is an infectious diseases physician and...
show moreIn this episode they discuss:
•The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on health care workers and the importance of a vaccine
•Preventative therapies and randomised controlled trials in a pandemic, specifically the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and the other trials involving health care workers
•COVID-19 in children - do they play a role in transmission? Will they be a target for vaccine studies?
•Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) - how can we factor this emerging condition into safety planning?
Links:
Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre:
https://mvec.mcri.edu.au
New York Times: We know crowding affects the spread. It may affect the death rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-crowds.html
New York Times: Re-thinking COVID-19 in children
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/well/family/coronavirus-children-covid-19.html
Vaccine Education Center
https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
MVEC: Clinical trial of BCG vaccine against COVID-19
https://mvec.mcri.edu.au/clinical-trial-of-bcg-vaccine-against-covid-19-brace/
Paul Offit: Deadly Choices
http://paul-offit.com/booksby/deadly-choices/
Paul Offit: The Cutter Incident
http://paul-offit.com/booksby/the-cutter-incident/
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