Moving from pandemic to endemic – Part 1

As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches the two-year mark, there is discussion about moving into the endemic stage, living with COVID and any future variants as we have learned to live with the flu. On this episode, leading experts cover whether or not COVID is here to stay, national attitudes about living with it and the possibility of eradicating it in the future.

 

Guest speakers:
Madeleine McDowell, MD
Senior Principal
Intelligence
Vizient

 

Martin Lucenti, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Solution Architecture
Vizient

 

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient

 

Show Notes:

[00:54] Pandemic vs. endemic

[01:36] Two considerations in moving from pandemic to endemic

[04:58] Possibility of eradicating COVID

[06:04] What data shows about getting to endemic state

[07:38] Most COVID public health policies came from Spanish Flu era

[08:41] Synergies between public health agencies and health care providers

 

Links | Resources:

To contact Modern Practice: modernpracticepodcast@vizientinc.com

Dr. McDowell’s contact email: madeleine.mcdowell@vizientinc.com

Dr. Lucenti’s contact email: martin.lucenti@vizientinc.com

“What will it be like when COVID-19 becomes endemic?” (Interview with Yonatan Grad for Chan School of Public Health at Harvard) Click here

 

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