The State of the Pandemic
A conversation with Dr. David Lake
The Olympics are here, and the State of the Union is looming. But what is the state of the pandemic? Which masks should we wear? How have supply chains affected treatment? Are new boosters coming? And what makes omicron’s BA.2 so “stealthy”? Some experts say BA.2 might extend omicron’s peak into a plateau. Dr. David Lake, retired professor and departmental chair of physical therapy, joins Leigh to discuss what this all means, two years into the crisis.
CORRECTION:
The study about public trust was conducted by the COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators, titled “Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: An exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021.” Find this article at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00172-6
The SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study was conducted by Ben Killingley, Alex Mann, Mariya Kalinova, et al., titled “Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge.” Find the preprint of this article at: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1121993/v1
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