Peter L. Salgo, MD

Final thoughts from experts on controlling COVID-19 and influenza.

Encouraging testing of symptomatic COVID-19 or influenza patients and utilization of available therapeutics.

The concept of the “immunization neighborhood” highlighting the importance of pharmacists in encouraging and administering vaccinations.

The importance of a rapid and accurate COVID-19 and influenza test.

The Status™ COVID-19/Flu A&B - Rapid SARS-CoV-2/Influenza A+B Antigen Panel Test: rapid testing for COVID-19, Flu A&B in one test.

Getting real time results when testing for COVID-19 and influenza.

Importance of properly diagnosing COVID-19 vs influenza to offer therapeutics.

Potential changes within office visits for COVID-19 and influenza.

Differentiating between COVID-19 and influenza.

Challenges in messaging as the understanding of COVID-19 evolves.

Several reasons patients are reluctant to getting the flu vaccine.

Promise of a dual COVID-19/influenza vaccine in development.

Slight variation in the flu vaccine from last season based on limited data.

A discussion on the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the potential impact on the upcoming flu season.

Panel speculates on the upcoming flu season for 2021-2022.

Multiple factors contributing to a lower-than-average flu season in 2020-2021 are discussed.

Panelists hypothesize on theoretical downsides of resistance development for gram-negative infections and reflect on the importance of implementing outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy.