In this episode The Science Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic, we discuss with our guest, Dr. Lawrence Basso the science behind COVID-19, the preventative tools such as masks we use and the various vaccines and testing that have been developed. Join us and our guest, Dr. Lawrence Basso, as we discuss The Science Behind the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Dr. Lawrence Basso Bio:
Lawrence V. Basso MD is a native of San Francisco. Following graduation from Medical School at UCSF, he trained at the University of Washington in Seattle in Internal Medicine and thereafter he returned to San Francisco for a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism. After two years in the US Army he returned to accept a position in Endocrinology at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Palo Alto. He also was able to work part time at Stanford University with responsibility for organizing and teaching Medical Residents. It was there that he developed a love of teaching. At the same time, he became certified in the specialty of Nuclear Medicine and later in his career was also an attending physician in Nuclear Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He also was the chief of Nuclear Medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. In the last 15 years he has taught at Stanford, Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, UC Extension in Belmont in Human Physiology, Human Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Developmental Biology. He has published over 30 papers and is a co-author on a Textbook on Immunoassay. In recent years he extended his teaching to the lay public. He enjoys taking very complex topics like Genetics or Immunology and making them understandable to the non-medical public.
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Research/Resources Notes:
Considerations for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19 by World Health Organization Team. Published June 14, 2021 in World Health Organization and available on https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-in-adjusting-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19-interim-guidance
Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus by Nina Bai. Published June 26, 2020 in University of California San Francisco and available on https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent
Expert panel explains science behind COVID-19 vaccines by Krishna Ramanujan. Published April 14, 2021 in Cornell Chronicle and available on https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/expert-panel-explains-science-behind-covid-19-vaccines
Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines are supposed to be better. Some experts worry they could be worse by Helen Branswell. Published in Stat April 16, 2021 and available on https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/16/next-generation-covid-19-vaccines-are-supposed-to-be-better-some-experts-worry-they-could-be-worse/
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: 12 Things You Need to Know by Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS. Published in John Hopkins Medicine and available on https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/covid19-vaccine-hesitancy-12-things-yo
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