Episode 7 - Facemasks & lockdown lifting with Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen & Zoe Andrews

Public health and infectious disease expert at Oxford University Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen joins us from a quarantine hotel to discuss the use of facemasks as lockdown lifts. In LabLife, Guernsey-based Healthcare assistant Zoe Andrews spoke to us about the pandemic and end of lockdown in Guernsey. For detailed episode commentary and further resources please visit our show blog: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/facemasks-and-lockdown-lifting-ibmspod-ep7/ Shownotes: Episode outline 0:52 – IBMS News 2:23 – Feature Interview with Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen 2:25 - Section 1: Containing TB transmission in South Africa and Hotel Quarantine – including an introduction to Helene-Mari, her work reducing TB transmission in rural South Africa, her experience isolating in an airport quarantine hotel. 12:47 – Section 2: Face masks and infection control measures: journey to the mainstream & post-pandemic norms - including how face masks have taken off in the UK; the most effective face masks, face mask use in the future and the CO2 gorillas. 28:36 – Quick-fire round: 1. The most important measure to prevent Covid transmission. 2. The largest threat to global health aside from Covid-19 3. The first thing Helene-Mari will do when she leaves quarantine hotel. 28:06 – LabLife with Zoe Andrews IBMS News links Council Elections 2021: Voting now open: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/elections-2021-vote-for-your-council/ IBMS response to BBC Panorama: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-response-to-bbc-panorama/ IBMS History Committee publishes in medical journal: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/ibms-history-committee-publishes-in-medical-journal/ Join Support Hub sessions in May: https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/support-hub-sessions-in-may/