Podcast - What the Health? A Little Good News and Some Bad on COVID-19

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.

Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast: Opinions seem to be slowly shifting on opening schools around the country; California, which had a strong resurgence of the virus during the summer, is seeing signs of success in fighting back; A proposal by some researchers to move the country toward a “herd immunity” plan, in which officials would expect the virus to spread among the general population while also trying to protect the most vulnerable — such as people living in nursing homes — is gaining support among some of Trump’s advisers; Federal researchers this week announced that nearly 300,000 excess deaths have been recorded this year and much of it is attributed to COVID-19 or the lack of other health care; With the Senate poised to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, who opposes abortion, to the Supreme Court within days, the fate of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is in question. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read too.

Event Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

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Category(s): Pandemic / Public Health

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