In the Media
Apr 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA focuses on challenges in communicating about public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “One of the most important things we say in public health is that you have to have a very simple message,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains that there is still a risk of the SARS-CoV-2 mutating with increased transmission despite vaccinations. “We can never be safe if everybody’s not safe,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist as well as founder and director of...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA comments on challenges in supply chains and availability of COVID-19 testing as attention turns towards vaccinations. “The same people who are doing the testing are often the same ones doing the vaccinations,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr,...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA is quoted on the front page of The New York Times, weighing in on enforcing and easing COVID-19 travel restrictions. “It’s a mix of ‘please don’t travel,’ at the same time this is easing travel for a subset of people,” said Dr. Wafaa...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA speaks with Spanish media on COVID-19. In Spanish. “Es fundamental que las negociaciones ocurran lo antes posible”, dice a elDiario.es una de las expertas firmantes, Wafaa El-Sadr, profesora de Epidemiología y Medicina en la...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA was interviewed by Cheryl Mills of NY1 to discuss COVID-19, vaccines, and misinformation. “Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr who is a Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health says vaccines are...