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COVID vaccine questions to be answered on WPSU’s ‘Conversations Live’ on Feb. 25

Show starts at 8 p.m.; Guest experts will answer community members questions live

COVID-19 vaccine questions to be answered live during the next broadcast of WPSU’s “Conversations Live” at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. Credit: Getty ImagesAll Rights Reserved.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Central Pennsylvanians can have their COVID-19 vaccine questions answered live during the next broadcast of WPSU’s “Conversations Live” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.  

Dr. David Burwell, chief quality officer for UPMCs Altoona, Bedford, Somerset and Western Maryland, and Beth McGraw, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State and professor and Huck Scholar in entomology, will answer viewers’ questions live on air.  

Community members can ask questions ahead of time by emailing connect@wpsu.org by calling in during the show at 1-800-543-8242 or tweeting @WPSU using the hashtag #WPSUconversations.

“Conversations LIVE: COVID-19 Vaccinations” will air on WPSU-TV and WPSU-FM, and be available on live.wpsu.org and on-demand on WPSU’s YouTube channel and the PBS streaming app. 

Dr. David Burwell, chief quality officer for UPMCs Altoona, Bedford, Somerset and Western Maryland, and Beth McGraw, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State and professor and Huck Scholar in entomology, will appear on WPSU's "Conversations Live" on Thursday, Feb. 25. Credit: Photos providedAll Rights Reserved.

Burwell and McGraw will answer questions about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines currently available, the possibility of transmitting the virus after being inoculated, how vaccines will impact a return to normal and more.

Visit the WPSU website for more information on central Pennsylvania’s public media station.

Last Updated February 23, 2021

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