Paul A. Offit, MD of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides an update on #COVID19 vaccine development. Recorded August 24, 2020.
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Topics discussed in this interview:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Current status of COVID-19 vaccine development
1:59 Will there be a winning vaccine candidate?
3:45 Will people need 2 doses of a vaccine?
4:13 Should we be skeptical of these new vaccines?
5:36 Can you chose which vaccine you get?
6:44 Children and pregnant women
7:29 Vaccine from Russia
10:06 Testing for antibodies before vaccination?
10:58 Herd immunity
12:26 The FDA and Emergency use authorizations (EUA)
19:13 Should companies refrain from asking for EUAs?
20:24 SARSCoV2 reinfection
22:46 Genetic shift and vaccine development
23:52 Is natural infection better than immunization?
25:27 Enhanced disease
27:15 Who should get the vaccine first?
28:52 Implementing and distributing the vaccine
31:48 Recent intriguing vaccine developments
32:46 What could go awry?
34:16 National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
35:46 Global immunization strategy
36:54 Timeline for returning to normal
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