With the delta variant making up over 93% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at the end of July 2021, questions arise about how to stay protected against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Lilly Cheng Immergluck of Morehouse School of Medicine answers some common questions about variants and what you can do to best protect yourself.
Lilly Cheng Immergluck
Lilly Immergluck, MD, MSCR, FAAP is Professor of Microbiology and Pediatrics and the Director of the Pediatric Clinical Translational Research Core at the Clinical Research Center at Morehouse School of Medicine. She also is an adjunct Associate Professor at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and is Research Director for the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates group in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Immergluck is a pediatrician, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, and health services researcher, who has spent over 20 years studying the impact of antibiotic resistant infections and vaccine preventable conditions in children.