Coronavirus Seminar Series: The Health Consequences of the Consequences

This panel will explore the long-tail health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The experts will examine the social and economic changes that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and how these changes will shape population health in the coming years and decades.

SPEAKERS:

Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Catherine McClean, Associate Professor, Temple University; Arjumand Siddiqi, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; and Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health.w

Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19 | WBUR

Public health experts say many more tests will be needed to cover everyone who will be identified by this project. And waiting up to five days for the test's results, as some people still do, is a problem.
"The delay in how long it takes to get the results remains too long to make contact tracing very effective," says Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the School of Public Health at Boston University.
But Galea notes that testing capability could change any time.
"Yesterday, we probably did not have the tools," he says. "Whether we'll have the tools tomorrow remains to be seen."

Greater Boston Full Show 04/09/20 | WGBH

Although predictions for the national death toll from coronavirus have been adjusted downward in recent days, experts are warning the public that it’s hard to know exactly how deadly the pandemic will be, and that social distancing measures are still needed to try and mitigate the threat.

Closer to home, the numbers for Massachusetts have been adjusted upwards in recent days, with more than 5,500 total deaths in the state expected by late May. Emily Rooney spoke about the projections Sandro Galea, Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health and co-author of the forthcoming book, ‘Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations About The Public’s Health.’

COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Consequences and Implications | Boston University School of Public Health

Our Coronavirus Seminar Series addresses different aspects of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing together experts to discuss the causes and consequences of this global pandemic. The seminars aim to provide our community and the public with state-of-the-science information about the pandemic and its intersection with public health and keep us all connected to one another during this time.

This is the personal website of Sandro Galea. All photos are taken by Sandro Galea.