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Two experts who have been fighting COVID-19 for the last year — Dr. Carlos del Rio from Emory University and Fulton Board of Health director Dr. Lynn Paxton — share what they think comes next in the pandemic. The conversation was recorded during a recent live taping of the podcast.

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Two experts who have been fighting COVID-19 for the last year -- Dr. Carlos del Rio from Emory University and Fulton Board of Health director Dr. Lynn Paxton -- share what they've learned from their experiences. The conversation was recorded during a recent live taping of the podcast.

Helen Branswell, a writer for STAT, has been covering the coronavirus outbreak from early 2020 when there was growing concern about at "mystery pneumonia outbreak" in China and has reported on nearly every aspect of the pandemic since.

Thursday, March 4th at 7:30 PM EST, WABE health reporter Sam Whitehead will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss what comes next in the pandemic, and what we've learned about the coronavirus in the last year.

Dr. Carlos del Rio from Emory University and Dr. Lynn Paxton, Fulton county's health director, will share stories from the front lines of fighting COVID-19 and take your questions.

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Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says the $1.9 trillion plan could mean lots of aid for Georgians, but isn't likely to garner bipartisan support.

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Dr. Andrew Kim, co-founder of Ethne Health in Clarkston, Georgia, says he's working to make sure the largely non-white, immigrant community his clinic serves has access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Kawsar R. Talaat, with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, says vaccinating children against COVID-19 will be a key part of ending the pandemic, and says researchers are working now to make that happen.

Priya Chidambaram, a policy analyst at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says long-term care facilities across the country have been hit by the pandemic because of their close ties to the communities where they're located.

Shivani Patel, who's been tracking equity issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, says getting the most-vulnerable communities equal access to COVID-19 vaccines helps everyone.

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Deana Holiday Ingraham, mayor of the predominantly Black city of East Point, says she regularly hears from residents who are frustrated by their inability to get access to COVID-19 vaccines.