Boston doctor discusses new Johns Hopkins study and long COVID
Updated: 6:31 PM EST Feb 2, 2022
COVID-19. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. DANIEL KURITZKES, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL. BEN: WE SHOULD ADD THAT THIS CONCLUSION FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IS BASED ON AN ECONOMIC STUDY, NOT A MEDICAL STUDY. OUR DI DEATH TOLL REMAINS PRETTY HIGH. IS THERE ANYTHING PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CAN LEARN FROM IT? >> I THINK THERE ARE THREE THINGS PEOPLE SHOUL KDEEP IN MIND. THERE ARE ALWAYS TRADEOFFS INVOLVED BETWEEN WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEAL ATHND WHATHE T ECONOMIC PAIN AND COST TO INTERVENTIONS MIGHT BE. SECONDIT, REMINDS US THAT WHEN THINGS ARE HONORED MORE IN THE BREACH TNHA THE OBSERVANCE — THIRD, IF WE COMPARE THE OUTCOMES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE TO COUNTRIES IN ASIA, WE CAN SEE HOW COUNTRIES LIKE SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, JAPAN, WERE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE. THERE WAS A STUDY THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK IN THE LANCET THAT SHOWED PER CAPITA INFECTION RATE PER THOUSAND PEOPLE WAS MUCH HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE IT WASN I THE 500 RANGE WHERE IT WAS BELOW 100 FOR ASIAN COUNTRIES AND THREE FOR NEW ZEALAND. JESSICA: IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHICH MITIGATION MEASURES WORK BEST AT KEEPING PATIENTS OUT OF HOSPITS?AL >> THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT CCVAINATION ISHE T TRICK. WE SAW NEW DATA FROM THE CDC PEOPLE WHORE A VACCINATED AND BOOSTED ARE 100 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO DIE IF THEY CONTRACT COVID THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINEDAT. THEY WERE AGAIN, MANY TIMES LESS LIKELY TO GET HOSPITALIZED IN THE FIRST PLACE IF PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. THAT IS THE SINE OVERRIDING MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY CAN DO. IN ADDITION TO CONTINUINGO T WEAR MASKS WHEN IOONDRS. BEN: LET’S GET TO THESE QUESTIONS FROM VIEWERS. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM ASHLEY. WHERE CAN I GET HELP FOR LONG COVID? MY SYMPTOMS ARE HEADACHES AND BEING TIRED ALL OF THE TIME. WE HEAR THAT A LOT. >> THERE’S NOW A NATIONAL EFFTOR TO BE ABLE TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHOAV HE LONG-TERM SYMPTOMS. THERE’S A PROGRAM CALLED THE ACUTE COVID CENTER. THERE’S MANY CENTERS HERE IN BOSTON INCLUDING BRIGHAM AND WOMEN HOSPITAL THAT ARE NOW FUNDED THROUGH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEAHLT TBEO ABLE TO ANSWER PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS AND HAVING PEOPLE COME IN ANDET G EVALUATED. JESSICA: WE APPRECTEIA Y
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Boston doctor discusses new Johns Hopkins study and long COVID
Updated: 6:31 PM EST Feb 2, 2022
Boston doctor, Daniel Kuritzkes, discusses a new study from Johns Hopkins University about COVID lockdowns and discusses options for people with symptoms of long COVID.
Boston doctor, Daniel Kuritzkes, discusses a new study from Johns Hopkins University about COVID lockdowns and discusses options for people with symptoms of long COVID.
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