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February 2021—Variants and vaccines were in the news when Compass Group members spoke with CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle for the first time in the new year, on Jan. 5. “This is something we all need to stay close to,” Julie Hess, of AdventHealth, said of the variants. “We need to know if it’s going to impact our ability to detect.” With McGonnagle and Hess on the Jan. 5 call were Dwayne Breining, MD, and James Crawford, MD, PhD, Northwell; John Waugh, MS, MT(ASCP), Henry Ford; Stan Schofield, MaineHealth; Gregory Sossaman, MD, Ochsner; Peter Dysert, MD, Baylor Scott & White; Steven Carroll, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina; Heather Dawson, Allina; Janet Durham, MD, ACL; Daniel Ingemansen, Sanford Health; Ericka Olgaard, DO, MBA, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Sterling Bennett, MD, MS, Intermountain; and Judy Lyzak, MD, MBA, Alverno.

January 2021—Wrestling with rapid test shortfalls and with open laboratory positions. Expecting the post-holiday surge, frustrated by federal level disconnect. That is what Compass Group members were doing and feeling on Dec. 1 last year, when they gathered on Zoom for another conversation about COVID-19.