Dr. Michael Osterholm is one of the world’s most accomplished epidemiologists and has become one of the go-to experts on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Osterholm predicted a pandemic like COVID-19 in his bestselling book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, where he advocated for a plan to combat "an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies" and laid out a nine-point plan to prevent "the unthinkable from the inevitable."
In this talk, Dr. Osterholm will level-set on the seriousness and severity of COVID-19 and its progression and share his views on its future course. Dr. Osterholm will also speak to the challenges of balancing public health with public good (including education).