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High COVID-19 hospitalizations delay elective surgeries

The New York Times September 22, 2021
Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., and OHSU cardiology patient Paul McAlvain discuss the impacts of delayed patient care due to surges in COVID-19 patients; Merkel says: “It might medically make no difference, but emotionally it could have a huge impact.”

OHA suggesting people who contract COVID-19 seek out monoclonal antibodies treatment

KPTV September 21, 2021
Morgan Hakki, M.D., speaks with KPTV-TV about the benefits of monoclonal antibody treatment for patients with COVID-19: “The benefit of this treatment is if given at that stage in certain patients who are at high risk for progression of the infection, it can halt that process and you can perhaps avoid a trip to the emergency room."
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