Virtual Town Hall: The Latest on COVID-19 and Navigating the Road Ahead

Embracing a “new normal” in order to protect people from COVID-19 requires navigating the constant flow of updates and adopting community-specific approaches to a range of challenges. CDC Foundation + Vaccine Equity Cooperative created a space to share your latest concerns, learn from each other and answer your most pressing questions in this webinar recording.

Resource Types: Event or Podcast, Video

Community Types: 65 year old+ Communities, AAPI/Asian Communities, Black Communities, Care Providers/Community Based Workers, Faith Communities, General Public, Immigrant Communities, Indigenous Communities, Latinx Communities, Mothers and Parents, Other Community, People Experiencing Homelessness, People with Disabilities, Rural Communities, Youth/Schools

Topics Covered: COVID-19 Testing, Data about COVID-19 and/or vaccines, Information and facts about about COVID-19 vaccines, Tailored information for communities, Vaccine access and eligibility information, Vaccine campaigns and initiatives, Vaccine messaging

Date Published: April 21, 2022

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The CDC Foundation is partnering with the Vaccine Equity Cooperative to conduct webinars for community-based organizations and their partners.

Many community-based organizations are working to embrace a “new normal” in order to protect people from COVID-19. That effort requires navigating the constant flow of updates and adopting community-specific approaches to a range of challenges, from vaccines and boosters to masks, testing and treatments. This event from the CDC Foundation and Vaccine Equity Cooperative (VEC) created a space to share your latest concerns, learn from each other and answer your most pressing questions. In this interactive Town Hall webinar, national and local experts discussed the top COVID-19 questions and addressed the biggest concerns during the next phase of the pandemic, including:

Feeling unprepared to keep communities protected for another surge or new variant
Keeping the vaccination momentum going, especially for families and children
Battling misinformation during quickly changing COVID-19 protocols
Confusion over when and where to use a mask • Managing widespread COVID fatigue in the community
Unexpected reality of long COVID, and other long-term outcomes of the pandemic

Speakers

Melissa Boyette, Senior Coordinator, Contact Tracing Innovations, CDC COVID-19 Response Team
François Castonguay, PhD, Health Analytics and Modeling Fellow, CDC COVID-19 Response Team
Kevin Chatham-Stephens, MD, MPH, FAAP, Pediatric Vaccine Planning & Implementation Lead, CDC Vaccine Task Force
Alex Fajardo, Executive Director, El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
Anne M. Hause, PhD, MSPH, Epidemiologist, Immunization Safety Office, CDC
Jayne Morgan, MD, Executive Director, COVID-19 Task Force, Piedmont Healthcare
Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, CDC Foundation (moderator)