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

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