Virtual Media Briefing: The right pace for reopening society

With about 40 percent of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19, restrictions are rolling back and more workplaces and public spaces are reopening. But are we moving too soon and too fast?

A Duke University health policy expert and former FDA commissioner will discuss the pace of reopening and how workplaces can make it safer during a video conference call for the media also available for public viewing via YouTube.

Faculty Expert
Mark McClellan, M.D., is a medical economist who directs the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, where he works on strategies and policy reforms to improve health care. He was commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. McClellan serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and Cigna (each company is involved in aspects of the COVID-19 response).