Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 and chief medical advisor to President Biden, talks with independent public radio station KGUA in the remote resort coastal town of Gualala California about vaccines for covid-19. After the 10-minute dialogue with GM and Native American Peggy Berryhill then Ara Chakrabarti CEO of RCMS (Redwood Coast Medical Services) and Integrative Health, Chinese Medicine Educator and acupuncturist Laura Franklin join host Peggy Berryhill and Leigh Anne Lindsay to discuss the conversation with Dr. Fauci.

Dr. Fauci discusses the value of AI/AN participation in COVID-19-related clinical trials, how many Tribal Nations have been leaders in reducing community spread, vaccine hesitancy, and the continued importance of following public health safety measures, even after receiving a vaccine. He also addresses concerns about new variants.

About Dr. Anthony S. Fauci:

Dr. Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 and as chief medical advisor to President Biden since 2021. Dr. Fauci has advised seven Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues, and most recently, advising administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interview Courtesy of the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 



Dr. Anthony Fauci on KGUA followed by Ara Chakrabarti CEO RCMS & Laura Franklin Integrative Health

Peggy Berryhill is GM of KGUA 88.3 FM and host of Peggy's Place, a weekday interview show from 9a-10a(repeats 1p-2p.) Leigh Anne Lindsey (a documentary filmmaker and KGUA volunteer producer/editor) sometimes co-hosts or hosts Peggy's Place. On Peggy's Place, we get to know our neighbors and friends in both Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, what's happening and who is doing what (Gualala, pronounced "Wah-la-la" on the Northern California coast is at the border of Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.) KGUA is  non-commercial public radio station that serves the Mendonoma Coast from Bodega Bay to Elk on the coast and inland to Booneville, Healdsburg and Guerneville. People around the world listen in on the stream (at KGUA.org) and on apps like Radio Garden and TuneIn. 

KGUA is a project of the Native Media Resource Center, a place a place to collaborate, create, educate and serve.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on KGUA followed by Ara Chakrabarti CEO RCMS & Laura Franklin Integrative Health

KGUA Peggy's Place