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As the COVID restrictions here in Australia slowly lift, it is with some trepidation that people, particularly older people, are emerging from their home sanctuaries.

But as we emerge from our bunkers and dust off our social skills, we must think about how to navigate this transition safely.

Is this the beginning of the end of the RACGP’s stranglehold on all things CPD? A Bill, just passed by the House of Representatives, certainly seems to suggest so. I know this newsletter is usually clinically-focussed but we think this development is too important to ignore.

COVID-19 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family and a relative to a number of viruses that cause cold-like symptoms as well as the viruses the caused SARS and MERS. In structure it is 80% identical to the virus that caused SARS.

Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing blitz”.

It’s been a common catchcry in this current pandemic – whether it be testing, transmission or treatment – ‘we just don’t have enough evidence.’

Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk through the neighbourhood.

Of the people admitted to Adelaide Hospital with COVID-19, the commonest early symptoms were lethargy, fever and cough. Sore throat was rarely described as an initial symptom.

It is said that nothing is certain but death and taxes. For women, provided they live long enough, another certainty is menopause. Most women have their final menstrual period between the ages of 45 and 55, though there are women with early menopause who have unique needs.

Clotting in the small vessels of the lungs appears to be the major, life-threatening complication of patients with severe COVID-19 disease, at least in Caucasians, Irish researchers say.

As the COVID restrictions here in Australia slowly lift, it is with some trepidation that people, particularly older people, are emerging from their home sanctuaries.

But as we emerge from our bunkers and dust off our social skills, we must think about how to navigate this transition safely.

Is this the beginning of the end of the RACGP’s stranglehold on all things CPD? A Bill, just passed by the House of Representatives, certainly seems to suggest so. I know this newsletter is usually clinically-focussed but we think this development is too important to ignore.

COVID-19 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family and a relative to a number of viruses that cause cold-like symptoms as well as the viruses the caused SARS and MERS. In structure it is 80% identical to the virus that caused SARS.

Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing blitz”.

It’s been a common catchcry in this current pandemic – whether it be testing, transmission or treatment – ‘we just don’t have enough evidence.’

Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk through the neighbourhood.

Of the people admitted to Adelaide Hospital with COVID-19, the commonest early symptoms were lethargy, fever and cough. Sore throat was rarely described as an initial symptom.

It is said that nothing is certain but death and taxes. For women, provided they live long enough, another certainty is menopause. Most women have their final menstrual period between the ages of 45 and 55, though there are women with early menopause who have unique needs.

Clotting in the small vessels of the lungs appears to be the major, life-threatening complication of patients with severe COVID-19 disease, at least in Caucasians, Irish researchers say.

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