CrescentCare Public Updates

Episode 39: Science Friday with Dr. Jose

October 23, 2020 Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels Season 1 Episode 38
CrescentCare Public Updates
Episode 39: Science Friday with Dr. Jose
Show Notes

Questions:

  1. Update on Numbers
  2. Update on Models
  3. Progress of the Third Peak
  4. CDC Excess Deaths Report
  5. Small change to testing guidance from CDC)
  6. Vaccine News
  7. Lower death rates in hospitalized patients
  8. Myth Busting: Herd Immunity is Not the Answer

Links:

  1. CDC Excess Deaths Report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm?s_cid=mm6942e2_w
  2. NPR, Deaths in Hospitalized Patients: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/20/925441975/studies-point-to-big-drop-in-covid-19-death-rates
  3. Nature on Herd Immunity Debate: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02948-
  4. WaPo, Moderna trial news: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/22/vaccine-trial-moderna/