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