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Going Viral Episode 211

In this episode:

  • Entering a new wave driven by a soup of Omicron sub-variants, where more than 5 million Australians eligible for boosters have not received them
  • How we must encourage patients to get their boosters, with the bivalent vaccines being more effective
  • Cases of long COVID in Australia range between 300K and 1 million, and increasing re-infections escalate the risks
  • How our healthcare system had not been designed to cope with long COVID
  • Continued mask wearing still very important, and how we must teach our patients about the importance of ventilation, filtration, and air quality
  • Why the five-day isolation period should be re-introduced

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 30 mins

Guest: Prof Michael Toole AM, Infectious Disease Expert

 

Last Updated: 18 Nov, 2022

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