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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Brian Castrucci, with the de Beaumont Foundation, says many self-identified Republicans are reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but his nonprofit has found some ways to convince them.
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George Painter, president of the Emory Institute for Drug Development, says antiviral drugs play an important role in fighting this pandemic and the next one. A drug he developed is currently going through clinical trials.
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Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, says the Biden administration's COVID-19 aid plan does a lot to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and make it's coverage more attainable.
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Two experts who have been fighting COVID-19 for the last year — Dr. Carlos del Rio from Emory University and Fulton Board of Health director Dr. Lynn Paxton — share what they think comes next in the pandemic. The conversation was recorded during a recent live taping of the podcast.
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Thursday, March 4th at 7:30 PM EST, WABE health reporter Sam Whitehead will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss what comes next in the pandemic, and what we've learned about the coronavirus in the last year.
Dr. Carlos del Rio from Emory University and Dr. Lynn Paxton, Fulton county's health director, will share stories from the front lines of fighting COVID-19 and take your questions.
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Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says the $1.9 trillion plan could mean lots of aid for Georgians, but isn't likely to garner bipartisan support.
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Shivani Patel, who's been tracking equity issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, says getting the most-vulnerable communities equal access to COVID-19 vaccines helps everyone.
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Alexis Madrigal, co-founder of The COVID Tracking Project, talks about the decision to stand down The Atlantic's effort to collect and share data about the coronavirus.
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Cody Hall, director of communications for Governor Brian Kemp, says if he could change anything about the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, he'd have state leaders talk more about supply constraints.
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Philip Santangelo, a biomedical engineering researcher at Georgia Tech, explains how the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna work--and how scientists know so much about them.
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