COVID-19 Miniseries Episode 4: Prepare for a Pandemic

Episode Recorded February 25, 2020 To claim credit, click here: https://ce.mayo.edu/covid19podcast Guest: Pritish K. Tosh, M.D. (@DrPritishTosh) Host: John M. Wilkinson, M.D. “At this point, we need to prepare for a pandemic within the United States and try to shift our mode from thinking about taking care of 1 or 2 of these patients, if it were to come up, to really transforming thinking about, well how we’re going to do this across the country?” - Pritish K. Tosh, M.D.  As the spread of COVID-19 expands and index cases become harder to trace the advice is shifting to community preparedness for a pandemic. Family physician, Dr. John Wilkinson, sits down with infectious disease expert Dr. Pritish Tosh to discuss updates for health care providers on the COVID-19 outbreak. Connect with the Mayo Clinic’s School of Continuous Professional Development online at https://ce.mayo.edu/ or on Twitter @MayoMedEd. For the most up to date COVID-19 (Novel 2019 Coronavirus) information: CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html WHO: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019