Moderated by former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, this seventh webinar in the National Academy of Medicine and American Public Health Association’s COVID-19 Conversations series will explore how public health, economic, and workforce priorities can be balanced to ensure a safe reopening of the country.

n this webinar, we’ll hear from a leading infectious disease expert and top reporter on whether or not we can test our way out of this crisis — and what that means for near-term efforts to reopen states and jumpstart the economy.

As a number of states begin to lift stay-at-home orders, questions remain around strategies to curb the continued spread of COVID-19. Public health officials are ramping up efforts to monitor and contain new cases through contact tracing, a disease control method used to identify and notify individuals who have been exposed to the virus.