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Disease expert Dr. Paul Offit talks about vaccines, variants and a year of pandemic

Paul Guggenheimer
By Paul Guggenheimer
1 Min Read Feb. 25, 2021 | 5 years Ago
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The U.S. is approaching one year since the covid-19 pandemic became a nationwide problem, shutting down almost all of American society as we know it. The covid-19 vaccines that have been developed are giving people hope that things may soon return to normal. But coronavirus variants are creating uncertainty about when that will happen.

The Tribune-Review spoke with Dr. Paul Offit, one of the world’s leading vaccine experts specializing in infectious diseases. He is director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia and in 2016 was the recipient of the Porter Prize from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.

In this TribLive video interview, Dr. Offit discusses covid variants, vaccines and dealing with anti-vaxxers among other topics.

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