Is the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sight?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 18, 2021

Leana Wen, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021) talks about what public health tools it will take to end the pandemic -- which she says is getting closer as the delta surge recedes.

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