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KLCC s Tiffany Eckert reports on a doctor s take on what went right and wrong, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
A COVID-19 vaccine was developed, tested and distributed in record time. More vaccines are in trials and subject to approval as the U.S. recognizes the past year in pandemic.
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Dr. Bob Pelz is Medical Director for Infection Prevention for PeaceHealth Oregon and a member of the Governor’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Panel.
He said his first talks in January 2020 intimated the virus appeared isolated to China. By April, he presented data showing the United States had the greatest number of cases in the world.