COVID-19 Variants: What We've Seen, Where We Are, and What's to Come
Overview: This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. We also invited Dr. Andrew Read of Penn State University to discuss the variants, including what we've learned about them, the current state of variants, and what we might expect. Information on how HCPs can best assist their patients and to think about for themselves are discussed. Speakers: - Andrew Read, PhD - Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (moderator) - Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD, MSc (news update) Sources from the news update: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/business/biden-vaccine-mandate-questions.html https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(21)00061-2/fulltext https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e3.htm?s_cid=mm7037e3_w https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2783986 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2784031 What do you think of our podcasts? Do you have topic or speaker suggestions? Let us know at https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/shea-podcast-feedback