Tegan Taylor

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2,688 appearances 36 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2018 last heard 31 Jul

Tegan Taylor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Health Report · Spend less time sitting; cumulative weight gain; ancestors and our microbiome; new look biobanking · 24 May 2021 podcast

She's wondering what AstraZeneca and her medical history, how they maybe affect her risk of blood clots. voice-verified

And a question from Jim about hernia operations in men. voice-verified

He's not sure if this is something we've covered before on the health report, but he's been putting off surgery for about two years now and he's worried about the after effects of it. voice-verified

Jim makes the point that most people seem okay after a mesh insertion, but some suffer severe chronic pain and so it has to be surgically removed and just wants the latest medical advice on this. voice-verified

in the groin, voice-verified

You mentioned a high failure rate for some of these non-mesh operations. voice-verified

What are we talking here? voice-verified

And one last question from Tom, and it's more of a science question than a health one. voice-verified

Tom keeps hearing about new strains of the virus, such as the ones from Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and has heard that if the virus mutates enough, certain vaccines won't be as effective, which is obviously a large problem. voice-verified

But Tom says, for a new species to evolve, I thought that an isolated environment was required. voice-verified

So is it possible that by restricting travel between countries, we are enabling COVID evolution? voice-verified

Is there a way to prevent mutations from happening? voice-verified

That's right. voice-verified

And in terms of Tom's last question, is there a way to prevent mutations from happening? voice-verified

The answer is yes, it's to stop the virus from replicating. voice-verified

So the more hosts that it's in, the more people that it's managed to infect, the more opportunities it has to replicate and those errors that could become advantageous are able to creep in. voice-verified

So our best way of stopping mutations and strains is by controlling the spread of the virus, hopefully, through effective vaccines. voice-verified

Anyway, that's all we've got time for on The Health Report tonight. voice-verified

Our email address again, please send us your questions, healthreport at abc.net.au. voice-verified

See you then. voice-verified

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