20 Sep 2021

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  This week Fred and Dr. Nick jump into medical leave policy and the quagmire of challenges around finding a balance between creating an economically viable policy that works for employees, especially for those in lower socioeconomic groups and wage bands. The coming flu season is looking like it will be a bear which will add additional challenges to keeping business operations r...
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13 Sep 2021

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This weeks video reviews the recently released six-part COVID-19 action plan from President Biden that included: Vaccines Booster shots Schools Testing and Mask requirements Economic recovery Improving care for those with COVID We take a look at the background to these actions and the timing and dig into the mandates for vaccination and who this applies to and what...
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07 Sep 2021

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Elementary School COVID19 Breakout and What it Teaches Us   A recent report, published on the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) website: Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant in an Elementary School — Marin County, California, May–June 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e2.htm Detailed an outbreak of COVID19 that took...
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23 Aug 2021

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LeLbqMyC0 This week Dr. Nick and Fred discuss the increasing amount of evidence that suggests that vaccine booster shots are in our future – already planned for those that are immunocompromised and did not develop a sufficiently robust immune response to the previous vaccine dose regimen. It is looking increasingly likely we will need booster doses – ...
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16 Aug 2021

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  This week's update comes from the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas and includes a look at the latest vaccine guidance from the CDC that now advocates all pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccines and the latest data and insights that shows the Pfizer vaccine to be safe in children 5 and up which is great news with schools set to open around the country. We talk about the conf...
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09 Aug 2021

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  This week Dr, Nick, and Fred discuss the importance of mask-wearing which as one observer noted: When the CDC issued its mask guidance two months ago, it got the science right, but the policy and communication wrong…..the backsliding of the United States’ pandemic progress necessitated the return of indoor masking. This has happened because of those who choose to remain unvacc...
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26 Jul 2021

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  The latest data is creating additional concerns with the rising incidence of the Delta variant that is running through communities, especially those that are unvaccinated. There are a number of factors at play with increased transmissibility that appears to be attributable to the virus shedding in infected individuals earlier and at higher rates. Hospitals are beginning to s...
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19 Jul 2021

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  COVID kills more Americans than guns, cars, and flu….combined We are fortunate and have widespread availability of vaccines yet we find that the overwhelming majority of deaths caused by COVID19 are to be found in unvaccinated people We discuss how businesses should approach these challenges focusing on the local data and emerging cases and providing incentives for employees...
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12 Jul 2021

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  This week saw the extraordinary coming together of the CDC, FDA, and NIH in the fastest response we have seen in a while: If you live in the U.S. and have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you don't need a booster shot, FDA and CDC said in a joint statement today Fred reviews the rising cases showing up in Florida which raises the concern that this could be a forewa...
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02 Jul 2021

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This time last year we focused on the importance of masks and discussed the reasons why bandanas are not as effective. A year later we know so much more. Much of the guidance remains the same but now we have vaccines. The Delta variant remains a concern but good news around the protection from all 3 authorized vaccines in use in the US with data showing the JnJ/Janssen vaccine is also...
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