What is the latest study about? And what would you like to feature here?ĭr. Let's talk a little bit about what you're learning on the research side about the global burden of long COVID. Unger: -this is kind of front and center on JAMA's homepage in the editor's choice arena. Unger: So in addition to dealing with the current situation of this kind of tripledemic, we're still dealing with the after effects of our COVID situation, particularly in the realm of long COVID. But we have a really strikingly small number of people who've gotten the boosters.Īnd what I am particularly concerned about, and when I talk to my colleagues, it is about making sure that those, especially when we talk about the adult population, those who are most vulnerable to illness are getting those protective, preventive measures in place. We have a lot of people in the country vaccinated. And it turns out we have good vaccines for influenza and for COVID-19. I mean, this is a time to remind everybody, of course, that vaccinations work. And then we probably haven't-we're just at the tip of seeing the beginning of the COVID surges. But I think it's hit all of us how early in the season the numbers are high, how quickly they filled up hospitals in many parts, especially for RSV. And it looks like there will be an uptick in COVID cases as well.Īnd so I think those people who follow the epidemiology of infections are not surprised. But the fact of all of the protections we had in place for the last two years in the pandemic meant we probably didn't see the full brunt of these. RSV and flu are things that we're used to dealing with at this time of the year. It is really putting a strain on our hospital systems. From your perspective, as both a clinician and a researcher, what do we expect in the months ahead? And how should physicians be preparing for it?ĭr.
And lo and behold, a couple of months later we've got ourselves a tripledemic with early surges of the flu, RSV and of course we're still fighting COVID. Unger: Well, we last talked to you in September when you were just settling into your new role. I'm Todd Unger, AMA's chief experience officer also in Chicago.ĭr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo from her vantage point as editor-in-chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network in Chicago. Today we're discussing the latest trends and research in medicine with Dr. Unger: Hello and welcome to the AMA Update video and podcast.
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