Speakers: Dr. Lydia Segal and Dr. Pat Duletsky

Topic: Coronavirus and COVID-19

Summary: Dr. Duletsky will present a whirlwind Virology and Immunology 101 for some background in the basics of how SARS-CoV2 works, how our immune system responds., and what the different tests are measuring.

Dr. Segal will be talking about the phases of COVID-19 and what treatments are currently being used for each phase. Then she will move into the topic of vaccines, where we are in mid-December in terms of efficacy, safety, and availability.

Bio: 

Lydia S. Segal, MD, MPH. Dr. Segal earned her M.D. at the University of Arizona Medical School and her M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins.  She practiced Family Medicine in the Mid-Atlantic States with Kaiser Permanente.  She worked in Public Health, both policy and practice in short term overseas assignments.  She is retired and now lives full time in Salida.

Pat Duletsky M.D. earned her medical degree from University of California, Davis.  She had a full time practice in Frisco, CO for 13 years, then worked in outpatient clinics in the San Luis Valley, Chaffee County, and Summit County. She was a founder of the Chaffee People’s Clinic and was the Summit County Public Health Officer in the late 1990s. She is retired and has lived in Chaffee County since 2003.

We would appreciate you thinking about the questions you would like answered for this talk. We will send out a reminder about a week in advance of the talk and ask for any questions you already know you would like answered. At that time we will send you an email address to send in your questions.

With appreciation,
Pat and Lydia

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