Virtual Town Hall Part Two: Shifting COVID-19 Approaches for the Next Phase of the Pandemic

Loved part one of our Virtual Town Hall? In this second installment “Shifting COVID-19 Approaches for the Next Phase of the Pandemic” we continued our conversation on navigating the “new normal,” while keeping our communities safe and protected from COVID-19. Using this Q&A style discussion, the audience had the opportunity to continue listening and learning from each other, as well as from three experts who addressed the top questions and concerns, including:

• Understanding the impact, in breadth and depth, of long COVID
• Continuing to promote COVID safety despite the loosening of masking mandates
• Shifting our messaging to combat ideas that we are “in the clear” from COVID
• Keeping the vaccination & booster momentum going to provide protection against new variants

Speakers:

• Noha Aboelata, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Roots Community Clinic
• Alex Fajardo, Executive Director, El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
• Stephanie Takamaru, Project Manager, Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese
• Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, CDC Foundation (moderator)