Coronavirus Q&A: Update from the CDC

Anne Schuchat, MD, Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discusses evolution of CDC guidance and latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recorded on Friday May 1, 2020.

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Topics discussed in this interview:
0:20 Background on Dr Schuchat
0:53 How is the coronavirus different from the flu?
2:18 What do you anticipate in the fall? What preparations are the CDC making this summer?
5:03 What will happen to schools and colleges in the fall. Will the CDC make recommendations?
7:52 Flu vaccine for the fall - how effective are you predicting it to be?
9:38 What levels for flu vaccination do we reach in a good year?
10:25 What is the target level for influenza vaccination?
11:02 COVID-19 PCR testing
14:21 How accurate is PCR testing?
15:58 Do you have to test negative to go back to work?
19:06 Serology testing
22:13 How long does immunity last
23:57 Droplets and aerosolization. What are the patterns of transmission that the CDC is seeing?
26:08 How should we be testing new COVID-19 vaccines?
29:21 Do we have the capacity to test, track, trace, and quarantine.
34:42 What do we know from MERS and SARS that could help with a vaccine?
36:22 How long do people shed virus? When can people be released from isolation?
38:07 Consulting with Kate Winslet on the 2011 movie Contagion

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