Flashpoint 12/13/20: How pandemic could change future of the business community
The vaccines ride in hoping to rescue a weary world from the pandemic. But it’s more than this current crisis. Are we looking at the future of medicine?
And how does the Detroit business world reconfigure to adapt to the adaptations we’ve all made that may not go away just because the virus does.
It has been a mad dash scramble — and yet it has also been a studied, cool-headed study in solving a problem through science. The vaccines are coming and in just about a year since the appearance of the coronavirus we’ve come to know as COVID-19.
On Sunday, there will be a discussion about where we are with Dr. Teena Chopra, a professor of infectious diseases at Wayne State University and also the corporate medical director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology at the Detroit Medical Center.
And Ryan Malosh is an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He studies herd immunity due to vaccination and will also be a guest Sunday.
Many businesses and trend watchers are asking when people will get back to offices, workshops, plants, restaurants, stores and studios.
Has work changed forever? And if it has, what does it mean for America’s downtowns which have been work hubs for ages?
On Sunday, we’ll also peer into the not too distant future with Eric Larson who leads the downtown Detroit partnership. Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and Carolyn Cassin, the president and CEO of Michigan Women Forward will also make an appearance.
Segment One
Ryan Malosh, assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Dr. Teena Chopra, a professor of infectious diseases at Wayne State University.
Segment Two
Eric Larson, head of Downtown Detroit Partnership; Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and Carolyn Cassin, president and CEO of Michigan Women Forward.
Segment Three
Flashpoint host Devin Scillian wraps up this week’s episode.
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