Saturday, March 6th, 2021
Special Edition: One Year into a Pandemic
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In a few days, we’ll mark exactly one year since the World Health Organization declared the spreading coronavirus outbreak an official pandemic. It was also this month, one year ago, when the first ‘stay at home” order was issued in the U.S.
So today, we discuss whether the worst of this pandemic is finally behind us, what to know about the new variants popping up, and what our guest expert says would be the biggest mistake once we finally get back to “normal” life.
You’ll hear from both an epidemiologist, Dr. Seema Yasmin, and a sociologist, Dr. Eric Klinenberg, about the past, present and future of the COVID-19 pandemic – one year in.
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Guest: Dr. Seema Yasmin
Dr. Seema Yasmin is a public health doctor, former CDC Disease Detective, and an Emmy award-winning medical journalist. She's the author of Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall for Them.
Guest: Eric Klinenberg
Eric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He’s the author of multiple books including the forthcoming: 2020: A Social Autopsy
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