IBMS Podcast
IBMS Podcast
IBMS Podcast
Episode 7 - Facemasks & lockdown lifting with Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen & Zoe Andrews
42 minutes Posted May 6, 2021 at 8:49 am.
– IBMS News
– Feature Interview with Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen
Section 1: Containing TB transmission in South Africa and Hotel Quarantine – including an introduction to Helene-Mari, her work reducing TB transmission in rural South Africa, her experience isolating in an airport quarantine hotel.
– Section 2: Face masks and infection control measures: journey to the mainstream & post-pandemic norms including how face masks have taken off in the UK; the most effective face masks, face mask use in the future and the CO2 gorillas.
– Quick-fire round:
– LabLife with Zoe Andrews
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Show notes
Public health and infectious disease expert at Oxford University Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen joins us from a quarantine hotel to discuss the use of facemasks as lockdown lifts.
In LabLife, Guernsey-based Healthcare assistant Zoe Andrews spoke to us about the pandemic and end of lockdown in Guernsey.
For detailed episode commentary and further resources please visit our show blog: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/facemasks-and-lockdown-lifting-ibmspod-ep7/
Shownotes:
Episode outline
1. The most important measure to prevent Covid transmission.
2. The largest threat to global health aside from Covid-19
3. The first thing Helene-Mari will do when she leaves quarantine hotel.
IBMS News links
Council Elections 2021: Voting now open:
https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/elections-2021-vote-for-your-council/
IBMS response to BBC Panorama:
https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-response-to-bbc-panorama/
IBMS History Committee publishes in medical journal:
https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-history-committee-publishes-in-medical-journal/
Join Support Hub sessions in May:
https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/support-hub-sessions-in-may/