Vaccine Infodemiology (COVID-19 IMMUNITY) with Jessica Malaty Rivera

Image description: Epidemiologist & Infodemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera looks to camera with a warm smile. She is wearing a collared white shirt and gold hoop earrings, and her shoulder-length curly brown hair is parted on one side.

Image description: Epidemiologist & Infodemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera looks to camera with a warm smile. She is wearing a collared white shirt and gold hoop earrings, and her shoulder-length curly brown hair is parted on one side.

The Coronasode we’ve been waiting for! Vaccines. Finally. But what does this mean? Vaccine Infodemiologist and science communication lead for The COVID Tracking Project, Jessica Malaty Rivera specializes in infectious disease epidemics and the surge of misinformation that accompany them. The very first human trials of the COVID-19 vaccine occurred in March 2020, and Alie asks Jessica one million questions about the differences between the two available vaccines, rollout schedules, herd immunity, mRNA, vaccine hesitancy, mutated virus strains, picnics, vision boards, the post-holiday spike, how history can influence current vaccine rates, whether you should wipe down your groceries and more. Consider it a critical booster shot to the info we’ve gathered all year. 

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