COVID-19 Q&A with Professor Dale Fisher

Professor Dale Fisher
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Your questions about recent COVID-19 developments answered in everyday English. Professor Fisher is Chair of the WHO's Global Outbreak and Alert Response (GOARN), Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore and Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Singapore's National University Hospital. Not medical advice. Tweet your questions to @profdalefisher on Facebook or Twitter.

Episodes

  1. 06/14/2020

    Ep 5 - 14 June 2020 - Asymptomatic/Pre-SymptomaticTransmission, Safety in Degrees

    Dr Louisa Sun asks Professor Dale Fisher the topical questions of the week. From next week, we'll be taking a break from this podcast and including an update on topical subjects in Professor Dale's segment at the end of the NUS/GOARN Covid Webinar. Register here: https://bit.ly/2xO28G5 or catch-up on missed webinars on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/2MYmEI5

    9 min

  2. 06/07/2020

    Ep 4 - 7 June 2020: News, protecting yourself & Others, future developments inc travel and a new myth busting segment

    Today Professor Dale Fisher talks to Dr Louisa Sun about the latest status of the virus, options for protecting each other - masks, face shields and cleaning, how travel could work, and a new myth busting section addressing recent media reports; is COVID-19 a blood disease; and are there man-made insertions in SARS-COV-2 DNA.

    26 min

  3. 05/31/2020

    Ep 3 - 31 May 2020: Deisolation Strategies, Lockdown Lifting, Vaccines, Second Infections

    Professor Dale Fisher talks to Dr Louisa Sun about the key COVID-19 issues and update this week. In today's podcast: 1. The news that Singapore is ending isolation after 21 days.  2. Lockdown lifting around the world with a warning from Professor Fisher that even hard-hit Manhattan is not close to herd immunity. 3. How COVID-19 has changed medical reporting and how we should view media reporting about vaccines; 4. Second infections.

    22 min

  4. 05/17/2020

    Ep 2 - 17 May 2020: Lockdowns ending, R0, Herd Immunity, Vaccines and Test News

    Join Doctor Louisa Sun as she puts the COVID-19 questions of the week to Professor Dale Fisher of NUS and NUH in Singapore. This week's episode addresses: a) lockdowns ending: good news/cause for concern? b) What is R0 & what does it mean for future outbreak handling?   c) Herd Immunity - can countries get there and what are the implications? d) News of vaccines and more-reliable tests we are seeing: can we celebrate?

    27 min

  5. 05/10/2020

    10 May 2020: Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions, Vulnerable Groups, Treatments and Vaccines

    Doctor Louisa Sun asks Professor Dale Fisher your questions on the latest COVID-19 developments. Send questions to @profdalefisher on Facebook or Twitter. Not medical advice

    20 min
  • 5 Episodes

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Your questions about recent COVID-19 developments answered in everyday English. Professor Fisher is Chair of the WHO's Global Outbreak and Alert Response (GOARN), Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore and Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Singapore's National University Hospital. Not medical advice. Tweet your questions to @profdalefisher on Facebook or Twitter.

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