Episode 69: COVID Vaccines

On May 23, 2021, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center and Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at CHOP, Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Penn, and Co-inventor of the Rotavirus vaccine.Listen now to learn about the meaning of herd immunity, vaccines, variants, and mask-wearing guidelines from an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology!​Your Real Champion: There’s No Place Like Home​Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was David Ney!David and his fellow medical students from Sidney Kimmel Medical College volunteer at homeless shelters. Listen to the beautiful story of how they worked as a team to help an elderly man with dementia find his way home!