Public Health On Call | You Asked Questions About Coronavirus, Tom Inglesby Answered
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Public Health On Call | You Asked Questions About Coronavirus, Tom Inglesby Answered
Does the virus cause male sterility? Are false negatives a problem with COVID tests? Is there a connection between how much virus you’re exposed to and how serious the illness is? Should people on immunosuppressive drugs stop taking them? Does the virus “reactivate?” Can people really become immune? Why are there so many more cases in the northern hemisphere? Why will a COVID-19 vaccine take so long when we come up with a new flu vaccine every year?
Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answers a grab bag of listener questions.
Does the virus cause male sterility? Are false negatives a problem with COVID tests? Is there a connection between how much virus you’re exposed to and how serious the illness is? Should people on immunosuppressive drugs stop taking them? Does the virus “reactivate?” Can people really become immune? Why are there so many more cases in the northern hemisphere? Why will a COVID-19 vaccine take so long when we come up with a new flu vaccine every year?
Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answers a grab bag of listener questions.