Dr. Kirsten St. George, Wadsworth Center Virologist, Talks COVID Testing, Vaccines and Variants

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Commissioner McDonald and Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne talk SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19, variants, and genomics with Wadsworth Center's Virology Lab Director Dr. Kirsten St. George.

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Chapters

1. Introductions and backgrounds (00:00:00)

2. New York State's first positive test result: March 1, 2020 (00:02:49)

3. Why is it called SARS-CoV-2? (00:05:56)

4. COVID variants and cars (00:08:32)

5. Viruses on the move (00:10:12)

6. Genomic Sequencing of viruses at Wadsworth (00:10:50)

7. Why is the COVID vaccine changing? (00:15:10)

8. Do vaccines make a real difference? (00:16:58)

9. Final thoughts on New York's pandemic response (00:18:20)

10. Wrapups (00:19:40)

18 episodes

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