COVID-19: UK Perspective On Variants, 3/4/21

Published: March 4, 2021, 8 p.m.

Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a discussion around the UK "Kent" variant, with Dr. Sharon Peacock, Director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium. In particular, they discuss transmissibility, clinical illness, deadliness, and how Americans should handle this variant. Speakers: - Sharon Peacock, CBE, FMedSci - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (moderator) - Rebekah Wrenn, PharmD, BCIDP Sources from news update: https://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/presser/WHO-AUDIO_Emergencies_Coronavirus_Press_Conference_01MAR2021.mp3 https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7009e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7009e3.htm?s_cid=mm7009e3_w https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777060 https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2021/2/new-policy-brief-calls-on-decision-makers-to-support-patients-as-1-in-10-report-symptoms-of-long-covid https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776928 What do you think of our podcasts? Do you have topic or speaker suggestions? Let us know! https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/shea-podcast-feedback New Members can now receive 50% off 2021 SHEA Membership by using the Coupon Code: Welcome2021 until March 31st