The Atlanta Journal-Constitution hosted a virtual town hall Wednesday with top infectious disease and medical experts to discuss the facts of COVID-19 and the state of the pandemic.
The one-hour event, which was streamed live on YouTube and the AJC’s Facebook page, featured discussion about the disease, with health experts on hand answering questions from the online audience.
The event took place on Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. If you missed the live event, you can watch the video below from the AJC’s YouTube channel or watch on the AJC’s Facebook page.
The conversation included an all-star panel of infectious disease specialists and medical experts, including Emory University’s Dr. Carlos del Rio; Dr. Patrice Harris, psychiatrist and past president of the American Medical Association; Dr. Jeff Stone, president of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians; Dr. Sophie A. Lukashok, an infectious disease physician; and Dr. Lynn Paxton, director of the Fulton County Board of Health.
The conversation was moderated by Ken Foskett, senior editor of investigations at the AJC.
The town hall was the second in a series of virtual conversations about COVID-19 following an event in July with the leaders of several metro Atlanta school systems.
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