Learn about the latest in COVID-19: Do masks prevent infection?, SARS-CoV-2 home testing, vaccine advice, and how to prevent and treat VTE in COVID-19. Join us as our tzar-of-clinical-appraisal Curbsider/internist/epidemiologist Rahul Ganatra MD MPH (@rbganatra) talks us through the controversial DANMASK-19 trial, plus Watto reports back on his conversation with Dr Parth Rali @parthrali (Temple Lung Center) who helped write the CHEST anticoagulation guidelines for COVID-19.

Credits

Producer: Deb Gorth ScM
Show Notes, Cover Art, and CME by: Deb Gorth ScM and Matthew Watto MD
Written by: Matthew Watto MD, Paul Williams MD, and Rahul Ganatra MD MPH
Hosts: Rahul Ganatra MD MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com

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Time Stamps

00:00 Intro, disclaimer, Picks of the week* and Vaccines
08:00 DANMASK-19
25:00 Anticoagulation in COVID-19
35:06 COVID-19 home PCR testing
Outro

Hermeneutics III: Careful Connecting