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Dr. Peter Hotez says, “In a few weeks, every single American is going to know someone that is seriously ill because of COVID-19.”
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Texas’ Dr. Peter Hotez says masks will not be enough to combat rising COVID-19 cases.
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Vaccine Scientist and professor Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, pushed back: "Yes the science is very clear on this, it predicts that if you open schools in communities with high levels of virus transmission teachers, staff, bus drivers will get sick. But if you first create a plan to greatly reduce virus transmission you can do things like reopen schools"
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The frequency and severity of reinfections won't be known until cases rise in the areas where there were a significant number of infections last winter, said Dr. Daniel Griffin, chief of infectious diseases at ProHEALTH Care in New York.
"We are months away from knowing for certain if reinfections are possible or a significant issue," Griffin told USA TODAY. -
"At the rate we’re going, Dr. Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine told Meet the Press Daily, “in a few weeks, every single American’s going to know someone who is seriously ill from COVID-19.”
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Throughout the month of August and September all donations made to Parasites Without Borders will be matched and DOUBLED by PWB and donated to Floating Doctors' Panama project. Parasites Without Borders is pledging to donate up to $40,000 with a minimum donation of $10,000 automatically given to the Floating Doctors’ Panama project.
TWiV 629: Coronavirus Update + Pandemic Sitrep
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical update on COVID-19, including analysis of the dexamethasone trial, and then the team discusses two Ebolavirus outbreaks in DRC, clinical and virological aspects of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections, age-dependent effects on transmission, and answer listener email. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove. Guests: Daniel Griffin and Chuck Knirsch.
My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes?
"Recent reports and conversations with physician colleagues suggest my patient is not alone. Two patients in New Jersey, for instance, appear to have contracted Covid-19 a second time almost two months after fully recovering from their first infection. Daniel Griffin, a physician and researcher at Columbia University in New York, recently described a case of presumed reinfection on the This Week in Virology podcast. "
The Virus: What Went Wrong?
Our own Dr. Daniel Griffin was featured on Season 2020: Episode 1 of PBS' long-form news show, FRONTLINE, titled, "The Virus: What Went Wrong?" As COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the U.S. caught so unprepared? Despite repeated warnings of a potent contagion headed our way, America’s leaders failed to prepare and protect us. Why and who is accountable? Dr. Griffin is featured just before minute 25.
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