Yesterday, the number of coronavirus deaths in the US crossed 300,000. Iowa officials expect to receive 172,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month, and the FDA expects to approve a second vaccine this week for emergency use.
So as we mark the start of a mass vaccination campaign, on this edition of River to River, what to expect and what this moment means in the history of medicine.
Guests:
- Dr. Stanley Perlman, Mark Stinski Chair in Virology, immunologist at the University of Iowa
- Michael Dahlstrom, LAS Dean’s Professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication at Iowa State University
- Sue Lederer, Robert Turell Professor of the history of medicine and bioethics at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
