Episode 45: Revisiting COVID-19 – Variants and Vaccines

Episode 45: Revisiting COVID-19 – Variants and Vaccines

Chadi is rejoined by Priya Sampathkumar, MD, infectious disease specialist and hospital epidemiologist, Mayo Clinic, to provide a state of affairs for the current COVID-19 situation in America, including why the country has failed to get more of its people vaccinated, why myocarditis has been a frequent side effect in some people, why the delta variant and other future variants come about, whether booster shots should be administered to healthy individuals and those who have had COVID-19 in the past, how safe it is for kids to return to in-person school and more of the important talking points surrounding the virus at this time.

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