COVID-19 Science & Society: Recent Episodes
Virology Education
How will the world look like in 2022? Is SARS-CoV-2 here to stay with us? While some countries are opening towards normal life, albeit with cautious optimism, others are experiencing the hardest disease burden and public health crisis so far. Will vaccines be effective against new variants and how long the protection will last? What do we know so far about long COVID? Which patient populations could benefit most from emerging therapeutic options? Would there be resistance to new therapies? Subscribe to the COVID-19 Science & Society podcast to find out more on the most relevant and timely topics concerning the COVID pandemic.
Ravindra Gupta, MA, MPH, BMBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSciUniversity of Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Jean Nachega MD, PhD, MPH, FRCP, FAAS
University of Pittsburgh / Johns Hopkins University, United States
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Michel Kazatchkine, MDThe Global Health Center, Graduate Institute for International Affairs and Development
References:
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response
Sanjay Bhagani, BSc, FRCP
Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases/HIV Medicine and General (internal) Medicine, Royal Free Hospital
Daniel Kuritzkes, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School,
United States
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Receipt of grants/research support from Atea, Gilead, Merck, and ViiV
Receipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Abpro, Atea, Decoy, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Rigel, ViiV
Long-term complications of COVID-19
Carlos del Rio, MD
Emory School of Medicine & Grady Health System,
United States
Conflict of interest disclosureCarlos del Rio has received honoraria / consultation fees from Sanofi-Pasteur
References
US CDC - Post-COVID Conditions https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html#:~:text=Post%2DCOVID%20conditions%20are%20a,can%20have%20post%2DCOVID%20conditions.
UK Office for National Statistics - Prevalence of Ongoing Symptoms Following COVID-19 infection in the UK https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/4june2021
COVID Symptom Study https://covid.joinzoe.com/