A/Prof Magdalena Simonis was asked to comment recently on long COVID in adolescents for SBS News. Listed below are some key points regarding long COVID and children; adolescents. For further reading, please see the full SBS News article “Most young people bounced back after COVID-19. Sophie’s case remains ‘catastrophic'”, published 18 September 2023 5:38am, by Jessica Bahr.
In this ‘The Conversation’ article originally published 7 February 2023, authors C Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, David Fisman and Trish Greenhalgh review and discuss the evidence that face masks significantly reduce transmission of such infections both in health-care settings and in the community.
The National Clinical Evidence Taskforce which ensured Australian have up to date, scientifically sound and trusted updates, is running to the end of its funding on December 31st 2022. It has been exciting be one of the 200+ clinicians providing expert advice. My participation was to contribute the gender equity, women’s health and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) lens to the recommendations. It has been a privilege to be a part of of the living guidelines task force and I most will agree that the whole nation has felt better informed because of its effort.
In this NY Times article, Dr Fauci talks about his career path and recommends that you follow your heart, even if it takes you off the beaten track and away from the mainstream.
Sharing with you the latest update from the National Clinical Evidence based Taskforce.
In this RACGP NewsGP article, Assoc Prof Simonis was asked to comment on research from Germany, which shows that children and adolescents are not immune to long-COVID. “ ….the difficulty ( with children) is that they can’t describe their symptoms like adults can, so you’re probably never going to get an accurate picture of what they’re experiencing,’ Dr Simonis said.
In this Women’s Agenda article, Professor Raina MacIntyre, one of Australia’s leading infectious diseases experts who has become a household name in Australia over the past 18 months shares her insights and how she has been unafraid to speak truth to power and what she communicates is always about what’s in the best interest of the population and public health.
REMINDER – EVENT – 14 SEPT: The American Medical Women’s Association is conducting a webinar to address the challenges of long COVID (September 13 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT, which is Wednesday September 14 10am AEST). AFMW members are invited to attend. FYI, AFMW President, DR Simonis is one of the panel members.
This RACGP article, discusses how new ABS data shows serious inequities in the way COVID is affecting different communities. RACGP interviewed AFMW President, Dr Simonis. Magda’s key takeaways include “Vaccination messaging requires targeted, culture-specific health promotion that engages primary care physicians, doctors like myself, with the creation of the messaging based upon the obstacles that we’ve observed and the conversations that we are having.”
This ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ article, discusses how worried should we be if we don’t have a fourth dose? The Sydney Morning Herald / The Age interviewed AFMW President, Dr Simonis for comment.
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