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Athens News Matters: Clarifying State Coronavirus Data with Mercer Professor Amber Schmidtke

Mercer University assistant professor of microbiology Amber Schmidtke joins Chris Shupe to talk about her interpretation of Georgia’s COVID-19 data, and what people should know about the trends and context of COVID-19 in Georgia. 

 

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.