COVID-19
Jul 15, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains which metrics to watch as the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread. “The metrics to keep a close eye on are hospitalizations and deaths,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University. Read the...
Jul 14, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA reminds readers that the pandemic is not over as the seven-day average rate of positive COVID-19 test results in New York City increased to 1.27%. “This should be a wake-up call,” Dr. El-Sadr said, adding, “Every effort must be made to...
Jul 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA offers perspective on the government’s need to continue monitoring COVID-19 while vaccinating populations as the Delta variant spreads. “The fear is that with the attention to vaccination, which is our major line of defense, this will...
Jul 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA highlights the data on the lethality of the COVID-19 Delta variant as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that the variant could explain a surge in hospitalizations. There isn’t solid evidence to suggest that the...
Jul 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA weighs in on the number of COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads. “The stability in terms of the daily numbers of cases is quite reassuring,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of...
