On December 14, 2020, the U.S. administered its first COVID-19 vaccine injections to frontline healthcare workers. Now, nearly two months into the vaccination rollout and one year after WORT’s first show about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, we invite Dr. Dave O’Connor back on the show to answer a wide variety of listener questions about the […]
Coronavirus variants 101 with Dr. David O’Connor
Last week, a number of news outlets — both national and local — published reports that a new, more easily transmitted version of the coronavirus had been uncovered in the U.S. But, the New York Times says that reporting is innacurate. The coverage was based on speculative statements from Dr. Deborah Birx of the Centers […]
DHS and UW Health Prepare for Pfizer Vaccine
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced today that it has begun working with UW Health to prepare the distribution of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, giving more detail on one of the fastest vaccine rollouts in history. But health officials stress that large-scale distribution is likely still months away. Stephanie Schauer, director of the Division […]
What We Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines
With several promising COVID-19 vaccines announced in the past few weeks, we spend today’s show learning about vaccine development and distribution with professor Dave O’Connor. Over the course of the hour, Carousel and Dave field a slew of listener questions about the pandemic and vaccines including medical supply manufacturing, COVID testing, the efficacy of the […]
