What Can I Do After My First Dose? And Other COVID-19 Questions Answered

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>COVID-19 provokes all sorts of questions.</strong> Can I see my grandchildren after the first dose? How does the first vaccine shot affect risk of severe COVID? When will vaccinations push down ICU admissions? Every week Medcan’s Medical Advisory Services team of expert physicians get together to discuss trending topics. They develop advice to share with their corporate clients, which include some of the world’s biggest brands. The docs are witty, and the meetings entertaining, but more to the point they feature up-to-the-minute guidance of the sort that we’re all craving. So we recorded one of their sessions and cut it into an episode.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured in this episode is Medcan chief medical officer Dr. Peter Nord, clinical director of travel medicine Dr. Aisha Khatib, senior medical consultant Dr. Matthew Burnstein, associate medical director Dr. Jason Abrams and Dr. Alain Sotto, who, in addition to his role at Medcan, is also the occupational medical consultant for the Toronto Transit Commission.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To enlist the services of Medcan’s Medical Advisory Services, email</span> <a href= "mailto:corporatesales@medcan.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">corporatesales@medcan.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>INSIGHTS</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not yet known how likely a partly or even fully vaccinated person is to transmit the coronavirus, says Dr. Aisha Khatib. “So we really still need to maintain those public health measures to help decrease the risk of entering into a bigger fourth or even fifth wave down the road. Plus, Dr. Nord says, no vaccine is 100% effective. “We're assuming that there is a reduced transmission with vaccination, but we don't know that for sure.” In other words, some risk will remain that even the fully vaccinated can transmit the virus. (5:00)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The variants of