- Celebrities, news anchors, and public health workers joined Healthline’s live town hall on March 11 to reflect on the 1-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The pandemic has exposed racial inequities and widespread mistrust in our healthcare system.
- It’s become clear that people need trusted members in their communities who can be advocates for their health.
In a live town hall hosted by Healthline on Thursday, March 11, a group of news anchors, celebrities, and public health workers gathered to reflect on the 1-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The conversation, which was moderated by Erin Peterson, editor in chief of Healthline and Dr. Elaine Hanh Le, chief medical officer of Healthline, discussed how life has changed since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
Actor and activist Alyssa Milano, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, comedian D.L. Hughley, Broadway singer Brian Stokes Mitchell, and public health professionals Paula Green-Smith and Philip Hamilton participated.
There have been more than 29 million diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States and more than 529,000 Americans have died since the virus started to spread widely in the United States last March.
The pandemic has exposed racial inequities and widespread mistrust in our healthcare system. And though the media has played a powerful role in educating people about the virus, it’s become glaringly clear that people need trusted members in their communities who can be advocates for their health.
Here’s what we’ve learned over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: healthline