Moving from pandemic to endemic – Part 2

On this episode, two leading experts join Tom to discuss reaching an endemic state with COVID-19. Points of consideration are the role of vaccines, which one expert describes as “the cornerstone for reaching an endemic state,” dealing with variants, vaccinating children, the challenge of asymptomatic COVID and other issues.

 

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:

[00:36] Vaccines and the endemic state

[01:38] Controlling variants through vaccinations

[03:54] Vaccinating children

[07:49] Herd immunity, asymptomatic COVID and the effect of variants

[10:16] Therapeutics

 

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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