Dr. Paul Auwaerter interviews Malia Jones, PhD, MPH about COVID-19 herd immunity. Topics: *Differences between herd immunity and transmission rate (Rt) *How vaccines accelerate herd immunity *Similarities in herd immunity between measles and COVID-19 *Communicating the importance of vaccine adoption 

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Presenting faculty:  

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, FIDSA, Past President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine  

Malia Jones, PhD, MPH, Assistant/Associate Scientist in Health Geography, Applied Population Laboratory, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

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