Dear Hoover Community,
Here is the video index.
*Thank you to our PTA Treasurer Tina Chen for making the time to create an index for us!*
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Hi Everyone:
I wanted to share this video by Infectious Disease Physician Dr. Peter Chin Hong. It is one hour long, but well worth the time and quite comprehensive if you want to understand the Omicron variant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fznoFpgMgM
He explains:
*How contagious is Omicron? Why it is rapidly increasing?
*Do vaccines work? - "Yes" if you look at the outcomes which are decrease in hospitalizations and decrease in deaths from the virus. A booster is at least 80% effective against severe Omnicron.
*Treatments current and in development.
*N95 masks are the gold standard, but any mask is better than no mask.
*Rapid Tests - don't test too early, it will come negative.
*Most infectious period of the disease is 2 days prior to 3 day after developing symptoms.
*Quarantine
Stay Healthy,
Ira