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Mask mandates are ending and more agencies are considering COVID endemic. To kick off our Fellowship program this morning, we're hearing from reporters @AlejandroLazo, @vcolliver and @lisamkrieger on where #COVID-19 reporting goes from here. #USCHealthJournalism
@AlejandroLazo @vcolliver @lisamkrieger The reason we're seeing stable hospitalization is because, despite the virus infecting or reinfecting people, memory cells (T-cells) are kicking in, @lisamkrieger says.
What's the future of vaccine policy look like? @lisamkrieger says that booster adoption rates are waning, and that such a policy is unsustainable. The goal is one shot annually paired with the flu shot.
Next up in Fellowship Week: @dr_tonyiton, who has for years delivered a foundational talk on systemic racism and social determinants of health to our Fellows. He conducted groundbreaking research on life expectancy being tied more to zip codes rather than genetic codes.
@dr_tonyiton "You have more influence on the health status of Americans than most doctors," @dr_tonyiton tells our Fellows.
These are the three themes most consumers are led to believe about health in the United States. "They're largely wrong," @dr_tonyiton says, driven by a culture of individuality. 
KEYNOTE: We're excited to hear from Pulitzer-prize winning @nytimes investigative reporter @andreafelliott, who will share with our Fellows the story behind how she reported "INVISIBLE CHILD: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City."
@nytimes @andreafelliott For more than a decade, @andreafelliott has been in Dasani Coates' life. She followed her and her family for 8 yrs. "It upended and changed my life. I would witness the most outrageous forms of systemic oppression and the most remarkable acts of family resilience, love, courage."
It's an example of immersive reporting. She began this style of journalism at the Miami Herald: "I just worked unpaid hours weekends and nights to do stories I knew they wouldn't assign me, but they loved it because they knew nobody was doing these stories," @andreafelliott said.
