CrescentCare Public Updates
Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels, Chief Medical Officer of CrescentCare (a New Orleans Health Center) and special guests provide information, insight, and answers to questions from the public regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
CrescentCare Public Updates
Episode 60: Science Friday with Dr. Jose
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Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels
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Season 1
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Episode 60
Topics:
- Update on numbers
- Update on trends\Update on vaccines
- Update on models
- News: delta wave
- News: vaccine mandates
- Pediatric data
- Pregnancy: CDC strengthened recs last week
- What’s up with the boosters? (Long and nuanced)
Links:
- CDC recommendations for vaccination against COVID-19 in pregnant persons
- V-safe study of pregnant people
- Link to CDC interim COVID guidelines with summary of changes in green including guidance for
- immunocompromised
- NPR, summary article about booster policy announced 8/18/21
- MMWR on vaccine efficacy in NY
- MMWR on vaccine efficacy in nursing homes
- MMWR on sustained effectiveness against hospitalization of mRNA vaccines