---
title: 'Episode 50: Dr Rodney Rohde - COVID-19 Variants, Vaccines, and Vaccine Strategies'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-50-dr-rodney-rohde-covid-19-variants-vaccines-and-vaccine-strategies'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-03-08'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3kfixe/Dr_Rodney_Rohde_2021_-_3_7_21_756_PM6fxth.mp3'
---

# Episode 50: Dr Rodney Rohde - COVID-19 Variants, Vaccines, and Vaccine Strategies

Today my guest is Microbiologist and Professor Dr Rodney Rohde. What we discuss with Dr Rohde : The difference between Variant Of Concern and Variant Under Investigation The known COVID-19 variants, and how they are similar and different Dr Rohde's artic...

## Summary

Today my guest is Microbiologist and Professor Dr Rodney Rohde.

What we discuss with Dr Rohde :

- The difference between Variant Of Concern and Variant Under Investigation

- The known COVID-19 variants, and how they are similar and different

- Dr Rohde's article Why Herd Immunity May Be Impossible Without Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19

- Vaccination strategies and contact tracing in other countries

- The effect of the pandemic on lab professionals

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Have You Heard article in [The Pathologist](https://thepathologist.com/outside-the-lab/have-you-heard)

Top 20 Pathology Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021 from [Feedspot](https://blog.feedspot.com/pathology_podcasts/)

Dr Rohde on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/RodneyRohde)

- What Does a SARS-CoV-2 Variant Mean? in [Healthcare Hygiene Magazine](https://www.healthcarehygienemagazine.com/microbiology/)

- Why Herd Immunity May Be Impossible Without Vaccinating Children Against COVID-19 article in [The Conversation](https://theconversation.com/why-herd-immunity-may-be-impossible-without-vaccinating-children-against-covid-19-154790)

- [ASCP Inside The Lab Podcast](https://insidethelab.buzzsprout.com/1230539/6126178-laboratory-staffing-shortages)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.podbean.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)