Description
The emergence COVID-19 changed the entire world, a look back to one of the most difficult years for public health in modern history.
Objectives:
• Summarize the key events leading to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Discuss the missteps and successes on the COVID-19 fight in the US
• Comment on the future and what 2021 is likely to bring in relation t the COVID-19 pandemic
Guest:
• Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo: The C. Glenn Cobbs Professor in Infectious Diseases and Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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