3.79 Sweden's Stance on COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, Schools, & Mask Data with Dr. Cathrine Axfors

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Health, Medicine, Policy, Oncology, Science & Medicine

4.7 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Cathrine Axfors of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) to discuss how Sweden responded to COVID-19 and the nation's attention to what policies would be sustainable. We also touch on her paper "Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials" as well as school closures, data to support mask policies, and more! Hydroxychloroquine: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22446-z Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

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1:03.0	All right, I'm back in Plenary Session, joined by Catherine Axforz. Catherine Axforce is a postdoctoral fellow. I was about to butcher it.
1:13.8	Catherine Axforce is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
1:17.2	She's a medical doctor from Sweden, and she has been continuing her studies and her research
1:21.6	here in the States for the last couple years.
1:23.8	And I think she has a very interesting point of view about some of the things we don't get to talk about, which is Sweden from the point of view of somebody who is in fact Swedish and from Sweden.
1:32.3	Catherine, it's such a pleasure to speak with you today.
1:35.3	Thank you for having me here. I'm honored to be here.
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