ARE WE WINNING THE WAR ON COVID-19?
Will COVID-19 ever disappear?
In the latest update on COVID-19 in WHO website, “As of 12 June 2022, over 533 million confirmed cases
and over 6.3 million deaths have been reported globally”. This pandemic has been all about whether you
caught Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta or Omicron variants and whether AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna can
provide better protection against which COVID-19 ... and for how long?
The prolonged mental and physical impacts on people have caused frustration for people who caught
COVID. A recent report by the World Bank, the COVID pandemic has “dramatically increased levels of
private and public debt in the world economy”. The World Bank went on to say that households and small
business have been burdened with unsustainable debt levels due to lockdown and social distancing
measures.
This seminar will provide, firstly an insight into some of the challenges currently faced within our
community with regards to the transmission, severity of hospitalisation when different variants of COVID-
19 arise ... and secondly, how the genetic variations can give Coronavirus advantages to its antigenicity,
transmission and disease severity.
Finally, this seminar will answer the question of whether we have the upper hand in this fight to defeat
COVID-19? What additional tools and methods we be required to suppress the pandemic transmission and
ultimately save lives; both here in Australia and across the world.
PROGRAMME
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5:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Registration |
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5:30 pm - 5:40 pm |
Introduction: Dr Alan Heritage, MASM - CAPSIG NSW |
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5:40 pm - 6:10 pm |
Epidemiology of COVID-19 Variants – Do They Matter?
Associate Professor David Muscatello
School of Public Health and Community Medicine - University of New South Wales |
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6:10 pm - 6:40 pm |
Phenotypic Tracking of Contemporary SARS CoV-2 Variants: Real Time Observations for Vaccines, Therapeutics, Transmission and Disease Severity
Associate Professor Stuart Turville
The Kirby Institute - University of New South Wales |
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6:40 pm - 7:10 pm |
Towards Sovereign (m)RNA Manufacturing in Australia
Professor Pall Thordarson
RNA Institute - University of New South Wales
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7:10 pm - 7:20pm |
Questions and Discussion |
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7:20 pm - Onwards |
Dinner |
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COST
$75 per person. Cheques payable to CAPSIG - NSW (CAPSIG is a non-profit group with annual turn-over less than the statutory limit and hence GST is not applicable).
RSVP
Friday 15 July 2022
ENQUIRIES
Ms. Melissa J Bourke on 0416 036 443
Email: melissa.bourke@biomerieux.com
BOOKINGS
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