Another pandemic emergency in New York

Dec. 1, 2021 – Five months after the state’s pandemic disaster declaration lapsed, Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a new state of emergency as the result of the current spread and consequences of COVID-19. Dr. Isaac Weisfuse, a medical epidemiologist and former deputy health commissioner for New York City, explains the current state of the pandemic in New York, the potential effectiveness of the state’s latest containment policies and how much worse transmission might get this winter.