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COVID mixed messages; sorting fact from fiction

In this Jan. 23, 2021, file photo, registered Nurse Shyun Lin, left, administers Alda Maxis, 70, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the William Reid Apartments in the Brooklyn borough of New York. An increasing number of COVID-19 vaccination sites around the U.S. are canceling appointments because of vaccine shortages in a rollout so rife with confusion and unexplained bottlenecks.

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In this Jan. 23, 2021, file photo, registered Nurse Shyun Lin, left, administers Alda Maxis, 70, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the William Reid Apartments in the Brooklyn borough of New York. An increasing number of COVID-19 vaccination sites around the U.S. are canceling appointments because of vaccine shortages in a rollout so rife with confusion and unexplained bottlenecks.

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Airdate: Thursday, May 6, 2021

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US government response has traveled through uncharted waters. There were so many unknowns at the beginning and no solid research to base policy decisions.

A lot of progress has been made in the past 15 months; the world has several proven vaccines and treatments to fight the virus and a record of mitigation success to combat the spread.

Yet, there are still many myths and misnomers used to discuss the virus, which muddy the waters of our understanding and undermine the government’s response.

Dr. John Goldman, MD., is an Infectious Disease specialist with UPMC Pinnacle and he joins Smart Talk Thursday to help sort fact from fiction in fight against COVID-19.

For more on COVID-19, plus a deeper look at the changing tide of healthcare–check out WITF’s Transforming Health. Online at TransformingHealth.org, a partnership of WITF, WellSpan Health and Capital Blue Cross.

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