Stay ConnectedThe coronavirus pandemic has us all asking a lot of questions: How long will I have to practice “social distancing”? Will there be a cure for COVID-19? Can I ever touch my face again?
WABE health reporter Sam Whitehead and guests will try to answer those questions. He’ll talk with experts, public officials, journalists, and everyday people about how the coronavirus is affecting their lives.
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Paul Bieniasz, a virologist at the Rockefeller University, says it's not uncommon for people to get infected by a virus even once they've been vaccinated against it, but that doesn't mean a vaccine isn't working.
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Liz Hamel, director of public opinion at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says attitudes on COVID-19 vaccines have changed a good bit over the course of the vaccine rollout.
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Dr. Wendy Armstrong, medical director of Grady Health System's HIV clinic, says a plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030 was already ambitious, but COVID-19 has made the effort even harder.
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Dr. Melanie Thompson, an HIV researcher and physician in Atlanta, says COVID-19 and HIV has exposed similar inequities in the U.S.. She says the fight against one pandemic can teach us things about addressing the other.
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Carl Zimmer, a columnist for the New York Times, says some scientists think the theory that the coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab is unlikely but still deserving of investigation.
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Julie Rosenberg, with Ariadne Labs and the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University, says the spread of the coronavirus around the world could have major implications for the future of the pandemic in the U.S..
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Roxane Silver, a psychologist at UC-Irvine, says living though the many traumatic events of the last 18 months could better prepare some for the stresses of the future.
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Roxanne Scott, who covers immigration for WABE, says detention centers run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement haven't been spared by COVID-19 and shares the story of a former detainee.
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Dr. Evan Anderson, a physician and researcher at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, says finding a COVID-19 vaccine that's safe and effective in young children is crucial for ending the pandemic. He's working on clinical trials of Moderna's vaccine in kids 6 months through 11 years old.
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, shares her thoughts on the vaccine rollout in the South and across the U.S. and on where the pandemic goes from here. We also check in with Dr. Kathleen Toomey, head of the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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