A Recorded Webinar Series for Fire and EMS Personnel

What you will learn in a Covid-19 context:

• Introduction to and demystifying of key concepts in epidemiology, immunology and virology.
• What is a virus, and what makes a coronavirus special?
• What's our best understanding of where this virus came from? 
• How much is it "evolving"? 
• What are the implications of changes that could develop in the virus?
• How does testing for the virus work, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of tests?
• What do we know about how the virus spreads and doesn't spread? How is this different from other diseases?*
• What do we know about the pathophysiology of the virus?* 
• What do we know now about current best treatments?*
• What new treatments and vaccines are on the horizon, and how may they work?  
• What are the implications for the US and the world in the next year or two?

*Has the potential to go out of date quickly so we’ll cover the latest.

Originally recorded at:

First Hour: Monday, July 6 @ 1000 Pacific Time

Second Hour: Wednesday, July 8 @ 1000 Pacific Time

Third Hour: Monday, July 13 @ 1000 Pacific Time

Fourth Hour: Wednesday, July 15 @ 1000 Pacific Time