Welcome and Introductions

Summary Overview of the Disease:  Impact of Coronavirus on the Human Body & COVID-19 Transmission Patterns

Options for Reducing Transmission Rates & Ensuring Public Safety

• Personal Protective Measures
• Building-Related Exposure Mitigation Techniques
• Collective Mechanisms to Reduce Community Exposure: Masks, Social Distancing, and System-Wide Shutdowns
• Targeted Mechanisms for Pandemic Containment from Testing, Contact Tracing and Tracking to Surveillance and Strategic Quarantines

Decision-making Amid Uncertainty: Evaluating the Consequences of Protective Actions

Communication Strategies: Best Practices for Communicating Disease Risks

• Explaining Risk to the Public
• The Importance of Empathy
• Panic and Uncertainty in the Absence of Information
• Providing Context: Comparing COVID-19 Disease Risk to Other Well-Known Hazards

Roundtable Discussion and Q&A

Conclusions and Next Steps

NOTE:  The agenda above is subject to change, especially as our collective knowledge of the impacts of the pandemic improves. A final agenda will be posted here no later than May 1. All webinars will be recorded and made available after the live broadcast.

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