--- title: "September COVID Update for Business Leaders: Mu Variant & Mandates" description: Dr. Marty Makary covers what Business Leaders should know about COVID in September. image: https://learn.nava.io/hubfs/September%20Marty%20COVID%20Update-1.png --- [![Nava - A Modern Benefits Brokerage](https://learn.nava.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Nava_Horizontal_Black-01.png?width=200&height=71&name=Nava_Horizontal_Black-01.png "Nava - A Modern Benefits Brokerage")](https://nava.io/) # September COVID Update for # Business Leaders # Dr. Marty Makary Talks Mu Variant & Mandates Chief Medical Advisor at Nava  Johns Hopkins Surgeon & Professor of Public Health ### Access The Recording Now ## MEET THE EXPERTS ![Marty Headshot](https://learn.nava.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Marty%20Headshot.png?width=200&height=200&name=Marty%20Headshot.png "Marty Headshot") ### Dr. Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H Chief Medical Advisor, Nava Johns Hopkins Surgeon & Professor of Public Health ![Brandon](https://learn.nava.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Brandon.png?width=200&height=200&name=Brandon.png "Brandon") ### Brandon Weber Co-Founder & CEO Nava A professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Carey Business School, Dr. Marty Makary is a public policy researcher focused on the re-design of healthcare, medical appropriateness, and health care costs. Dr. Makary has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Medpage Today. He has written for *The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, *and *USA Today*. He is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award for his book[ *The Price We Pay*](https://smarturl.it/thepricewepay). Dr. Makary has extensively studied the revolutionary effects of transparency and accountability on healthcare, with a focus on helping employers and their employees manage healthcare costs. Advocate dba Nava, 2021