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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Joshua Weitz, who studies how viruses transform human health at Georgia Tech, has created a tool to help people calculate the likelihood of being exposed to the coronavirus at events of different sizes. He shares how it works and discusses the current state of the pandemic.
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Jodie Guest, from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, lays out some of the basics of two COVID-19 vaccines that could soon be approved for emergency use by U.S. regulators.
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Holley Wilkin, who teaches health communication at Georgia State University, says it's not enough for officials to set appropriate public health policies to slow coronavirus transmission--they also need to be good at messaging them.
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Dr. Willarda Edwards, with the American Medical Association, says the health disparities laid bare by COVID-19 contributed to the AMA's recent decision to officially recognize racism as a public health threat.
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Sarah Owermohle, who covers health care for Politico, says some Americans could get access to COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year. Still, many questions remain about their long term efficacy and how they'll be distributed.
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Even if you've managed to hold on to a job, keep food on the table, stay healthy, keep the kids learning, and not get too overwhelmed by politics, this is an incredibly stressful time. And for many people, those things haven't all fallen into place. Dr. Vaile Wright, senior director for healthcare innovation at the American Psychological Association, says chronic stress, as so many people are experiencing, can have long-term effects, even once the pandemic is over.
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Dr. Stanley Perlman, a virologist at the University of Iowa, says we've learned a lot about SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 since it was first discovered, but there is still much we don't know.
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John Haupert, CEO of the Grady Health System, says his Atlanta hospital is treating a rising number of people with coronavirus infections and that the current surge could surpass the one the region saw this summer.
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Pien Huang, who covers health for NPR, says the decision to strip the Centers for Disease Control of Prevention of its job of collecting COVID-19 from hospitals has far-reaching consequences.
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Cria Perrine, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says Thanksgiving gatherings could be the "perfect storm" for spreading the coronavirus. She shares the agency's tips for how to celebrate safely.
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