Public Health On Call - 362 - COVID-19 and Vaccine Mandates

362 - COVID-19 and Vaccine Mandates

08/23/21 • 22 min

Why has it come to mandates as a way to get people vaccinated against COVID-19? Stephanie Desmon and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein talk to Saad Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, about vaccine hesitancy, as well as the benefits and risks of vaccine mandates.

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361 - Friday Q&A With Dr. Amesh Adalja

I am fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine. If I catch the delta variant will I acquire additional immunity—in addition to the immunity to the vaccination? If I received the COVID-19 vaccine and I’m now breastfeeding, will my baby receive antibodies? Do masks get less effective depending on how long they’re worn?

Dr. Amesh Adalja of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security addresses your questions submitted to [email protected].

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363 - How COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Have Played Out

What goes into the decision to mandate a vaccine? Today, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein and Stephanie Desmon continue the conversation on COVID-19 vaccine mandates and speak to the senior director of infection prevention at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Lisa Maragakis, who is leading the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Maragakis explains the history of vaccine mandates, the decision to create such mandates, and how it’s going.