Anthony S. Fauci, MD returns to JAMA’s Q&A series to discuss the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, including the continued importance of nonpharmaceutical interventions (masking, handwashing, physical distancing) for managing rising case numbers in the US and globally. Recorded October 28, 2020.
Topics discussed in this interview:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 NAM Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership
1:19 COVID-19 numbers and excess deaths
4:05 National masking mandate
5:55 How to get people to accept masking
7:07 Herd Immunity and the Great Barrington Declaration
9:51 The holidays and airplane travel
13:44 Therapies update
17:54 Vaccines update
20:08 Vaccine distribution
22:00 Vaccine safety
24:42 How Australia has dealt with COVID-19 spikes
27:00 Acknowledgements and baseball
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