On October 7, 2020, Brookline Rotary and a number of community partners presented a program designed to help us all understand the underlying science of controlling COVID-19.
COVID-19: The Real Science
- How do we end a pandemic?
- When will there be a vaccine I am willing to take?
- Who will get it first?
Our panel of experts explain what is going on and answer questions from the audience.
Host: Joyce Graff, member of Brookline Rotary
Moderator: Carey Goldberg, Editor, CommonHealth, WBUR Radio
Panelists:
- Dr. Ofer Levy, MD, PhD, Director, Precision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital
- Dr. Jennifer Lo, MD, Medical Director, Boston Public Health Commission
- Michael McGovern, Chair, Rotary International Polio-Plus Committee
- Dr. Thomas Tsai, Assistant Professor, Harvard Global Health Initiative
CREDITS:
This program is sponsored by:
- Brookline Rotary
- Brookline Department of Public Health
- Brookline Parents Organization
- Brookline Adult & Community Education
- Rotary clubs from Massachusetts to Maine
- Brookline Interactive Group (BIG), media partner
We are grateful to our organizing committee:
- Joyce Graff, Chair, Rotary 7910 Polio Chair
- Lauren Bernard, Brookline Parents Organization
- Carl Good, PhD, Groton Rotary
- Lynne Karsten, MPH, Brookline Department of Public Health
- Michelle McGlone, Brookline Adult & Community Education
- Diana Nestorova, District Governor, Rotary 7910
- Gloria Rudisch, MD, Brookline Department of Public Health and Brookline Rotary
- Vincent Spoto, Wellesley Rotary
- Ken Sprague, Tewksbury Rotary
- Richard Segan, Brookline Rotary
- Carol Toomey, Rotary Zone 32 End Polio Now Coordinator
- Steve von Lichtenberg, Brookline Rotary President
- Laura Walters, Brookline Rotary