First hour: How climate change is taught in culturally-conservative communities
Second hour: Local doctors on the latest with COVID-19
Teaching about climate change is different in rural America. Researchers set out to learn what kinds of approaches are more effective in culturally-conservative communities. We talk to them about what they learned. Our guests:
- Kevin Meuwissen, associate professor (clinical) and chair of teaching and curriculum at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester
- Joseph Henderson, lecturer in the Environment and Society Department at Paul Smith’s College, and co-editor of "Teaching Climate Change in the United States"
- David Long, assistant professor of middle grades and secondary education at Morehead State University
Then in our second hour, we talk with local infectious disease doctors and epidemiologists about the latest with COVID-19. They share what you need to know about the omicron variant, transmissibility, about delta, and updates surrounding vaccines and boosters for adults and children. Our guests:
- Ghinwa Dumyati, M.D., professor in infectious diseases in the Department of Medicine and the Center for Community Health and Prevention at the University of Rochester Medical Center
- Ann Falsey, M.D., infectious disease specialist with Rochester Regional Health, professor in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and co-director of the URMC Vaccine Trials and Evaluation Unit
- Ed Walsh, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center, head of infectious diseases at Rochester General Hospital, and physician at Rochester Regional Health