The Six Most Urgent Questions about COVID and the Journey Ahead: Part 1
Hybrid Immunity, Future Vaccines, and the Ongoing COVID-19 Threat. Join us as we sift through the latest developments, offering you the most up-to-date info. โถ๏ธ๐ง๐๏ธToday we untangle the complex web of the COVID-19 pandemic and plot a course for the journey ahead with ๐๐ซ.Alan Kaplan and Dr.Marla Shapiro who break down all you need to know. โ๏ธโ๏ธWe take an in-depth look at the unfolding chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the global health emergency phase over, yet COVID-19 remains a persistent adversary. . Seems like a contradiction, right? We're dissecting this communique and explore how to break it down on the frontlines. We ask, where are we headed now? โ๏ธโ๏ธWe delve into the questions on everyone's mind: Do our current vaccines shield us against the elusive XBB.1.16 variant? What does the end of the 'emergency phase' actually mean for us on a day-to-day basis? And with the virus still lurking in our midst, how do we navigate this new landscape of coexistence? โ๏ธโ๏ธWe examine the WHO's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) proposal to retire the original COVID-19 strain from future vaccines and explore what this could mean for the future of public vaccination strategies. โ๏ธโ๏ธWe're also talking the latest research on hybrid immunity and how to translate this for your patients in a meaningful way. What happens when natural infection immunity meets vaccine-induced immunity? Does this 'hybrid immunity' offer us an extra layer of protection? โ๏ธโ๏ธKeeping the conversation light, the information insightful, and the health advice actionable to navigate the road ahead. Letโs dive in! EXPERT FACULTY PANEL: Dr.Alan Kaplan, MD, CCFP(EM), CPC(HC) Family Physician Regional Primary Care Lead, Central Regional Cancer Program Chairperson of the Family Physician Airways Group of Canada Alan is a practicing family physician and the Medical director of LHIN Pulmonary Rehabilitation clinics in Ontario, Canada. Alan chairs the Family Physician Airways Group of Canada (www.fpagc.com) and is also an Honorary Professor of Primary Care Respiratory Medicine of the Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore. Alanโs other positions include Co-Chair of the Health Quality Ontario COPD Community Management standards committee, Member of the Health Quality Ontario Asthma community management standards committee, Vice President Respiratory Effectiveness Group and Senate member of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group Alan is also a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Toronto in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, while being a Member of the Physician Advisory Panel of the Medical Post, the Medical Advisory Committee of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada and a Member of Section of Allergy and Respiratory Therapeutics, Health Canada. Alan has authored 136 Peer Reviewed Articles and 104 Conference Abstracts. Dr. Marla Shapiro C.M., CCFP, MHSc, FRCPC, FCFP, NCMP Professor, DFCM, University of Toronto Family Physician Dr. Shapiro completed medical school at McGill University and trained at the University of Toronto for her Masters of Health Science. She concluded her specialty training in Community Medicine, receiving her Fellowship in Preventive Medicine and Public Health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She also holds a Fellowship in Family Medicine and is currently a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is a credentialed expert in Menopause from the North American Menopause Society. Dr. Shapiro is seen on CTV NewsChannel as the medical expert. She is the author of the bestselling book, Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer. Dr. Shapiro is a member of several advisory boards, having been a member of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Research Canada and the Board of Tru
