COVID-19 Update with Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Rajeev Fernando

In this episode, Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Rajeev Fernando and I discuss COVID-19 including answers to the following questions:

- How did the pandemic start and how did it get so bad?
- How did Dr. Fernando get involved in public education on coronavirus?
- How is the US doing with the vaccine program?
- How do we reach herd immunity?
- What do we need to be able to return to normal?
- When will we be able to travel internationally?
- Are the vaccines safe? Were they rushed to production?
- Do children have more natural immunity to coronaviruses?
- Is it safe to send our children back to school?

*Note: some figures may not be current as this show was recorded in March 2021.

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Dr. Fernando is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He currently works as a hospitalist and coronavirus specialist at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, Dr. Fernando has spent the last year educating the public on COVID-19. His global health charity Chiraj supports several important causes including providing menstrual hygiene products to young women in India, sober living homes to women on Long Island, resources to women battling Zikavirus in Brazil and masks to underserved communities worldwide. In July 2021, he will begin a Disaster Medicine fellowship at Harvard University!

For more from Dr. Fernando check out:
www.chiraj.com and www.maskupearth.com

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