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Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent

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They argue that the current guidelines, which prioritize immunocompromised people and unvaccinated older people on the same level, should be re-done to prioritize the immunocompromised first, and additionally move up older vaccinated individuals or vaccinated persons with comorbidities. It’s shaming on vaccinated people.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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You add to that employment discrimination, criminal justice discrimination, and of course educational system discrimination, and of course, we pay for our public schools based on local taxes. Maybe vaccines, maybe. HPV vaccine. So they wind up paying more for lower-quality housing. Eric: But we should still do it. Margot: Right.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

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Darrell: Then I had another one that was much later in the process that was actually vaccinated, who was over 90, who had a lot of medical issues. Darrell: Then our second surge in November pre-vaccination, were a lot of adult family homes, residential care homes. These are vaccinated folks who come in.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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By the year 2000, everyone will be in a Medicare managed care plan.” Go back in your mind, November of 2020, COVID is at its peak, we don’t have vaccines quite yet. And then, it did, finally, come to an end, but the hospital-at-home community was able to educate policymakers. That started in November of 2020.

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