Episode 12 - Coronavirus Special: Covid-19 in the Community

NB Hot Topics Podcast

English - March 27, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 11 - Coronavirus Special: Lessons for General Practice

Next Episode: Episode 13 - Coronavirus Special: Saving Lives and the End of Life

In this week's NB Hot Topics Podcast Neal Tucker looks at the latest developments in the coronavirus literature including data on hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin combination treatment, why lockdown alone is not enough and why coronavirus modelling won't help us.

Now that general practice is moving from the preparation phase to managing COVID-19 in the community, we focus on the clinical presentation of the disease in our patients and colleagues, and how our experiences show it differs from hospital data and published guidance. In light of these uncertainties, what are our options?