#205 COVID Cakes and Hot Takes with Rahul Ganatra MD

Rundown of recent COVID articles and news stories including: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, serologic testing, use of convalescent plasma, economic inequality / health disparities... and COVID in cats?! We’re joined by Curbsider/Internist/Epidemiologist, Rahul Ganatra MD, @rbganatra (VA Boston). Plus, @Paulnwilliamz and @cjchiu give us some telehealth along with the usual antics. Show Notes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | thecurbsiders@gmail.com Credits Written, Produced, Hosted by: Rahul Ganatra MD, Chris Chiu MD, FACP, FAAP; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP Cover Art and Show Notes by: Matthew Watto MD, FACP Editor: Matthew Watto MD Guest: Rahul Ganatra MD Time Stamps 00:00 Intro, COVID-19 and cats by Shi J Science Apr 2020 ; Picks of the week 07:08 Telehealth ( Greenhalgh BMJ 2020 ), Breathlessness ( Roth score calculator ), ACP COVID-19 resource site 11:50 Telehealth best practices 16:42 Convalescent plasma and Serology 21:45 Chris discusses the decontamination of N95 masks using CCDS ( CCDS , Battele news Report ) 23:45 Inequality during the pandemic VOX and NYTimes articles on inequality 25:30 Critical appraisal for HCQ + azithromycin article from France ( Gautret et al IJAA 2020 ) and Rahul’s tweetorial 49:18 Pre-print data; Rahul discusses a newer HCQ randomized clinical trial article ( Chen medRxiv 2020 )