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In this episode, Dr. Rachelle Gorrell, division chief of primary care for Phelps Health Medical Group and a family medicine physician, discusses COVID-19 and antibody testing.
Please note that social distancing guidelines were followed while filming this podcast.
Disclaimer: Many professional healthcare organizations/societies are predicting that COVID-19 will come back as a second wave in the fall during the same time as influenza and are working on preparations now.
Resources:
• Phelps Health COVID-19: https://phelpshealth.org/covid-19
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act FAQs: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/FFCRA-Part-42-FAQs.pdf
• Herd Immunity: https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html
• CDC Test for Past Infection: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html
• What’s ahead on COVID-19? Expert offers forecast for summer, fall: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/what-s-ahead-covid-19-expert-offers-forecast-summer-fall
• Why a Mayo Clinic expert has concerns about second wave of COVID-19: https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/why-a-mayo-clinic-expert-has-concerns-about-second-wave-of-covid-19/?_ga=2.248115854.847638112.1589553781-1681455968.1589553781
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