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Live 'Community Conversation' takes stock of how pandemic has changed our lives

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Maritza Muniz, a St. Luke’s University Health Network nursing student, delivers a vaccine shot to a resident at a pop-up vaccination event at the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley in Bethlehem.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - March 11 will mark the three-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.

Tonight, Lehigh Valley Public Media will take stock of that with a special presentation – “Community Conversation: Health and the New Normal.”

  • March 11 is the three-year anniversary of the global pandemic declaration
  • Featured on the show will be Dr. Jeffrey Jahre and Dr. Timothy Friel
  • You can watch on PBS39 or stream on LehighValleyNews.com

The live, hour-long program will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on PBS39 and streamed here on LehighValleyNews.com.
It’s a temperature check as we approach the three-year anniversary of the lockdowns, mandates and public health alerts that literally changed the way we live.

The show also comes in advance of the May 11 end of the nation’s public health emergency declaration.

Host Brittany Sweeney will speak with infectious disease experts Dr. Jeffrey Jahre from St. Luke’s University Health Network and Dr. Timothy Friel of Lehigh Valley Health Network. They’ll touch on current infection rates, the outlook and what the end of the public health emergency means for you.

Sweeney is LehighValleyNews.com’s health and wellness reporter, and during the show, she’ll also examine medication shortages at pharmacies and how schools are managing the pandemic today.

Other guests include Vince Hartzell of Hartzell’s Pharmacy in Catasauqua; and Kelly Keegan, a certified school nurse with the Easton Area School District. Therapist Shonda Moralis also will join the show to discuss managing mental health.

Streaming tonight at 7 on LehighValleyNews.com and on TV on PBS39.