Episode 60: Science Friday with Dr. Jose

Topics:

1. Update on numbers
2. Update on trends\Update on vaccines
3. Update on models
4. News: delta wave
5. News: vaccine mandates
6. Pediatric data
7. Pregnancy: CDC strengthened recs last week
8. What’s up with the boosters? (Long and nuanced)

Links:

• CDC recommendations for vaccination against COVID-19 in pregnant persons
• V-safe study of pregnant people
• Link to CDC interim COVID guidelines with summary of changes in green including guidance for 
• immunocompromised
• NPR, summary article about booster policy announced 8/18/21
• MMWR on vaccine efficacy in NY
• MMWR on vaccine efficacy in nursing homes
• MMWR on sustained effectiveness against hospitalization of mRNA vaccines