As coronavirus cases increase across the country and we approach the July 4 weekend, what do we know now about how the COVID-19 virus spreads? How can we decide which activities are safer or more risky? Join us Thursday, July 2, to hear from two ºÙºÙÊÓƵ experts on how infectious diseases and viruses can spread through the air.
The guests:
- Dr. Dean Blumberg is a professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric infectious diseases at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health. His interests include preventing and treating childhood infections, vaccine research and childhood immunization policies.
- William Ristenpart is a professor of chemical engineering in the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ College of Engineering who studies how droplets move and behave in liquids and gases. His lab at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ has studied how people emit small droplets or aerosols that could carry viruses while breathing or talking. He is also director of the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Coffee Center.
The conversation, hosted by Soterios Johnson, will be streamed live on , and beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 2.
Questions can be submitted via either in advance or during the show.
Media Resources
Andy Fell, News and Media Relations, 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu
Charles Casey, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Public Affairs, 916-734-9048, charles.casey@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu