Ambulatory Care Technician Sady Ferguson gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Justin Sambol, senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, at University Hospital in Newark, N

COVID Vaccine Obstacles and Solutions

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 20, 2021

Despite last week's vaccine expansion and CDC mask guideline updates, there are several more obstacles to overcome before the United States can reach herd immunity. S. Mitra Kalita, co-founder of URL Media and CEO and publisher of Epicenter-NYC, joins to explain how we can overcome them as a society.

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