Emily Landon speaks on the pandemic

Prof. and Dr. Emily Landon, UChicago Medicine epidemiologist, gave a widely acclaimed speech at the announcement of Illinois governor J B Pritzker's "shelter in place" executive order, on May 20. The transcript is also available at the link above.

There is also a Q&A with Dr. Landon here.

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