The COVID-19 pandemic is not going away anytime soon.
Pennsylvania, and other states, have recently enacted mitigation efforts to stop the Delta variant spread, and positive case counts are rising.
In the past few days, the CDC director approved workers at high risk of Covid-19 to receive a Pfizer vaccine booster, overruling the recommendation of an advisory panel.
Schools are open, but many parents remain concerned about mask effectiveness and the viral risk to children.
Dr. Gerald Maloney, MD., is the Chief medical officer for Geisinger Hospitals and he’ll join Smart Talk to offer a COVID update.
For more on COVID-19 plus a deeper look at the changing tide of healthcare–check out WITF’s Transforming Health. Online at Transforming Health.org, a partnership of WITF, WellSpan Health and Capital Blue Cross.
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