What Jessica Malaty Rivera has said about COVID-19 pandemic
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026
Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative, has been quoted on COVID-19 pandemic once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Malaty Rivera says COVID-19 is endemic and will never be eradicated, and that vaccines reduce rather than eliminate risk.
“COVID is going to be with us forever. COVID is like one of those diseases that will never be eradicated”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 40:03
Episodes
An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.
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