Wednesday on Political Rewind: Dr. Carlos Del Rio, Dr. Amber Schmidtke, and GPB's own Ellen Eldridge joined the panel for a conversation on the most pressing questions about Covid-19 at the current stage of the pandemic. Who should get another booster? When should you be wearing masks? What lessons can the past two years teach us about public health?
Two top public health experts join Political Rewind to answer questions about the current COVID-19 surge. Does the latest data tell us we’ve reached the peak in new cases of COVID-19 in the state? Are hospitals still facing a care crisis?
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 surge around Georgia, Emory Healthcare postponed some elective surgeries this week due to a shortage of beds and continues to evaluate “elective surgical cases on a daily basis across all our hospitals,” the hospital system said.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke in a press conference Tuesday morning about how COVID-19 is causing a spike in crime which the city hasn’t seen in decades, including a recent stabbing murder of a woman and her dog in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
Parts of rural Georgia are seeing low rates of vaccination against COVID-19, which could be a problem for the state going forward, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, which held clinical trials at three Emory University sites in Atlanta, are expected to receive Emergency Use Authorization from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Carlos del Rio calls the timeline from development to distribution something "we have never seen before."
Dr. Carlos del Rio, executive associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Health System, called the current problem a “leadership vacuum” during a news briefing Friday morning.
He is again calling on leaders to mandate face masks during this public health pandemic.
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