Michael Daignault, MD, is a board-certified emergency physician in Los Angeles. He is Chief Medical Advisor with Reliant Health Services. Dr. Daignault is also a Covid-19 medical expert for ABC7 news and has consulted on medical news segments for CBSLA News, Inside Edition, and KNX1070 news radio. He promotes evidence-based public health information thru weekly posts on his Instagram account, @drdaignault. Dr. Daignault studied Global Health at Georgetown University and has a Medical Degree from the joint Ben-Gurion University/Columbia Medical Center Medical School for International Health. He did his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx, New York City. Dr. Daignault is a former United States Peace Corps Volunteer and has worked for Médecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). He is an avid rock climber and surfer.
Given our current limited supply, the threat of variant spread, and availability of higher quality antibody test kits, policymakers ought to update their vaccine guidance for those who had Covid and incorporate recent research findings on immunity and vaccine efficacy.