625: Pandemic- CoVID19 update

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh provide some updates about the current pandemic sensation sweeping the nation, with the assistance of cohosts Dr Ward and Dr Jeanne to give you a multifaceted approach to understanding COVID19. Along the way they cover life on the ground in South Korea, the rationale behind proper mask use, historical response rates, Frasier, RNA viruses, how flattening the curve works, the utility of coronavirus testing, some positive statistics,flu vacations, modes of transmission, vaccines and novel treatments, and more! So Sit back, relax, and learn the basic info behind COVID19 and pandemics.

Sources-lots of visual updates this time for those who are concerned!
1) https://imgur.com/goN6nJw- one pager of everything we currently know and do in hospitals
2) map of disease genome- https://nextstrain.org/ncov?animate=2019-11-22,2020-03-13,0,0,30000
3) map of new cases and deaths https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
4) http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51 epidemiology of chinese outbreak
5) WHO mythbusters page https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters
6) The coronavirus vietnamese psa song-it’s catchy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roqka9Qbf1Q

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