An in-depth look at the latest wave of respiratory infections sweeping the country. AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses trends in COVID, flu and RSV infections, details of the latest COVID variant, and the return of mask mandates. Plus, the low use of Paxlovid and deaths linked to the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID during the first wave of the pandemic. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
🔬 National Institutes of Health's "Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) effectiveness against hospitalization and death in N3C: A target trial emulation study": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37398261/
📊 Nature Communications study "Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22446-z
00:00 AMA Update for Jan. 10, 2023 00:31 Increasing COVID cases: Why is everyone sick? 01:15 #CDC reports respiratory illnesses spike (COVID flu RSV, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) 01:54 Flu season months (influenza season peak) 02:19 When to get flu shot (influenza vaccine) 02:33 When is flu season over? 02:44 RSV cases 03:18 RSV in kids 03:55 COVID cases USA 04:16 COVID wastewater data 04:40 COVID 19 variant 05:03 What is the new COVID variant? 05:18 Latest COVID variant JN.1 (COVID subvariant, JN 1 COVID variant) 05:32 Latest COVID symptoms 2024 05:41 JN.1 variant symptoms (new COVID variant symptoms of JN.1) 06:12 COVID hospitalizations 06:22 COVID 19 deaths 06:47 COVID mask mandates 07:19 COVID quarantine time 07:32 Free COVID test kits from government ("covid.tests.gov") 07:50 CDC guidance COVID masking protocol (COVID masks N95, KN95) 08:13 What is the new study on Paxlovid? (#NYT NIH Paxlovid study, Paxlovid eligibility) 08:49 Does Paxlovid work: How effective is Paxlovid in treating COVID? 09:05 Should I take Paxlovid or not? (Paxlovid drug interactions) 09:32 Does Paxlovid cause COVID rebound 09:47 Paxlovid time frame 10:03 How much is Paxlovid? (cost of paxlovid, paxlovid price) 10:18 COVID deaths 10:55 Hydroxychloroquine deaths 11:14 Hydroxychloroquine COVID study: Does hydroxychloroquine work for COVID? 11:39 Nature scientific journal study hydroxychloroquine deaths COVID
