The Right Pace for Reopening Society | COVID-19 Media Briefing

COVID-19 infection rates are down. COVID-19 vaccination rates are up. Employers are plotting ways to bring workers back to the office, and educators are undergoing similar planning for schools this fall.

Yes, this is very good news. The national vaccination effort continues getting jabs into arms, and Americans are seeing the positive results. As masks come off and crowds gather again at sporting events, music performances and the like, one Duke expert says there’s still work to do to keep the data trending in the right direction.

Mark McClellan, MD, the former commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration and current head of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, said Wednesday efforts now shift to finding those who are not yet vaccinated and provide the necessary resources for them to make an informed decision.

Margolis took questions from reporters during a virtual media briefing.


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Mark McClellan, M.D., is a medical economist who directs the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, where he works on strategies and policy reform to improve health care. He was commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. McClellan serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson and Cigna (each company is involved in aspects of the COVID-19 response).

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This video is part of a series of media briefings where Duke experts speak on current issues.

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A private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke University is known as one of the world’s leading institutions for education, research, and patient care.

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