Episode 49: Science Friday with Dr. Jose, February 26, 2021

Questions:

1. Update on Numbers
2. We should talk about 500K deaths
3. Update on Trends
4. Update on Models
5. News: Pfizer and Moderna
6. News: School Transmission Data (CDC Study and Sweden correspondence)
7. FDA Expected to Approve J and J vaccine--data review
8. B.1.427/B.1.429, the variant detected in CA
9. B.1.526, NY variant

Links:

• NYTimes, US Passes 500000 Deaths
• NBC, Pfizer Pregnancy Vaccine Trial
• NYTimes, FDA Guidelines for Vaccine Boosters
• MMWR School Transmission Study
• NEJM, Swedish School Correspondence
• STATNews, J and J Expected to be Approved
• FDA J and J Briefing Document
• J and J Summary (from FDA website)
• The Guardian, What We Know About the CA Variant
• NYTimes, B.1.526