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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

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And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. And one in five people had a serious COVID complication. Monica: Yes. Yes, good point. If one in five people, if 75% of the world’s planet has seen COVID, it’s probably been more.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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We talk about positive aspects of aging, cognitive screening, the line between legitimate concerns and ageism, ableism, advice for a geriatrician asked to comment on TV, frailty and physical disability, images in the press , historical situations including , and an upper age limit for the Presidency, among other issues. There is a tension.

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