COVID-19: Current Landscape and Evolving Strategies (with special guest Zain Chagla)

In this episode, Marc and Mo are joined by special guest Zain Chagla, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Infection Control at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Hospital) in a timely discussion of the current landscape and evolving strategies related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the Omicron variant as well as the interface between social media and science.   OrthoJOE Mailbag: feedback, comments, and suggestions from our audience can be sent to orthojoe@jbjs.org   Links: Vannabouathong C, Devji T, Ekhtiari S, Chang Y, Phillips SA, Zhu M, Chagla Z, Main C, Bhandari M. Novel Coronavirus COVID-19: Current Evidence and Evolving Strategies. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 May 6;102(9):734-744. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00396. https://jbjs.org/reader.php?id=206110&rsuite\_id=2387011&native=1&source=The\_Journal\_of\_Bone\_and\_Joint\_Surgery/102/9/734/fulltext&topics=if%2Boe#info   López-Medina E, López P, Hurtado IC, Dávalos DM, Ramirez O, Martínez E, Díazgranados JA, Oñate JM, Chavarriaga H, Herrera S, Parra B, Libreros G, Jaramillo R, Avendaño AC, Toro DF, Torres M, Lesmes MC, Rios CA, Caicedo I. Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Apr 13;325(14):1426-1435. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.3071. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33662102/

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Keeping current with orthopaedic science and research. A podcast from JBJS and OrthoEvidence, featuring Mohit Bhandari, MD and Marc Swiontkowski, MD.