Episode 227: Pandemic Lessons and Vaccine Advocacy

8.     This week, Jonathan is joined by Silvia Munoz-Price, Infectious Diseases Physician; Hospital Epidemiologist; and former Chief Quality & Safety Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, USA. The pair discuss lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy, and health equity.

Use the following timestamps to navigate this episode:

(00:09)-Introduction
(02:46)-Hospital Consolidations
(08:20)-Reducing safety events
(10:12)-Spotting trends in quality metrics
(15:10)-Vaccine hesitancy
(19:44)-Preparedness ahead of COVID-19
(23:36)-How can we encourage vaccination
(24:41)-The American healthcare system
(31:00)-Removing politics from medicine
(40:27)-Zoonoses and changing migration patterns
(43:59)-Encouraging a career in epidemiology
(45:07)-Silvia’s three wishes