Hosted by Bill Curtis and quadruple board certified Dr. Steven Taback, Medicine, We’re Still Practicing sits down with doctors from the world’s most preeminent hospitals for insights into their research, practice, and education. The first in this dedicated series is Johns Hopkins Medicine, with the goal of not only to share the magnificent work being done by these hospitals and doctors, but for them to be able to use it as a high-quality educational tool and platform to share insights and research to a large, receptive audience. Medicine, We’re Still Practicing is a thoroughly informative and realistic podcast that speaks not only to the layman medical audience, but appeals to the medical community as well. No topic is off limits, from the insurance industry and universal healthcare to the latest medical advances and all of the quackery and snake oil salesmen you should avoid. However, in accordance with good bedside manner, Dr. Taback and his guests from the medical community keep the conversation light and informative. An important listen during these times of medical uncertainty and differed opinions.
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episode 19: 19 - Vaccines and the Future of COVID with Epidemiologist Dr. George Rutherford
There is so much information passing around the internet about the virus these days, that it’s such a breath of fresh air to have the renown Professor of Epidemiology and Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UCSF, Doctor George Rutherford, on to help illuminate some of the common questions, myths, and fears regarding the upcoming state of the vaccine as well as the roadmap for the US as it continues to battle COVID-19.
TIMESTAMPS:
(3:00) Why does the US have such a larger case-per-million load than the world as a whole?
(4:48) Why did New York get hit so much harder than other densely populated US cities?
(7:08) Did COVID-19 expose the US as far too susceptible to bio-terrorism?
(8:23) To what degree do you lower your risk of contraction by wearing a mask?
(9:31) How should schools go about opening safely before there is a vaccine?
(10:13) Why exactly are younger children less susceptible to the virus than others?
(11:38) With kids going back to school, is it still safe to have grandkids over?
(13:50) Surface transmission demystified.
(14:34) Should we be wearing goggles or a face shield when out in public?
(15:48) The state of the Russian Vaccine.
(17:20) When will we be able to go back to live events?
(18:20) What is the roadmap like for vaccinating the country?
(21:28) Will a large portion of the country opting to not get the vaccine be too detrimental to its effectiveness?
(23:52) Safety and the vaccine.
(26:45) Will Dr. Taback and Dr. Rutherford take the vaccine right when it comes out?
(27:34) New York opening restaurants for dine-in at the end of the month.
(30:00) Have the odds of survival increased for the most vulnerable over the last few months?
(32:30) Why is Aspirin so bad to take when battling COVID-19.
(33:20) What’s the current thinking on reinfection.
(38:40) What would you do to fix the virus if you we’re the President of the United States?
(40:25) Climate change.
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Hosted by: Bill Curtis & Dr. Steven Taback
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