CrescentCare Public Updates
Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels, Chief Medical Officer of CrescentCare (a New Orleans Health Center) and special guests provide information, insight, and answers to questions from the public regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
CrescentCare Public Updates
Episode 39: Science Friday with Dr. Jose
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Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels
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Season 1
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Episode 38
Questions:
- Update on Numbers
- Update on Models
- Progress of the Third Peak
- CDC Excess Deaths Report
- Small change to testing guidance from CDC)
- Vaccine News
- Lower death rates in hospitalized patients
- Myth Busting: Herd Immunity is Not the Answer
Links:
- CDC Excess Deaths Report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm?s_cid=mm6942e2_w
- 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
- Nature on Herd Immunity Debate: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02948-
- WaPo, Moderna trial news: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/10/22/vaccine-trial-moderna/