This video series features UW-Green Bays Immunologist Brian Merkel on COVID-19 and Why it Matters. This series empowers viewers with knowledge to help them navigate through the pandemic. Merkel has a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He is an associate professor in UW-Green Bays Human Biology & Biology programs and has an appointment at the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He will be responding to a number of questions related to COVID19 and try to get behind the why its important to be educated in your decision-making as we navigate the pandemic together.

Video Transcript Series Introduction with Brian Merkel:

Brian Merkel, Microbiology and Immunology, I have a Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. I currently have an appointment in the Microbiology Department and Immunology Department for the Medical College of Wisconsin, and I am the incoming chair of Human Biology at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. And so today we are going to talk about why COVID-19 matters to you. So, the goal of these discussions is to empower you and to help you understand why this disease affects everyone and what you can do about it. So, over the series of several videos that will be our goal to do just that.

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