Harvard professor and epidemiologist Michael Mina MD, PhD is back on MedCram to give a COVID 19 Vaccine Update including:
00:00 Attention to vaccine safety in phase one, two, and three trials
00:21 Mild side effects from vaccines observed in phase 1 and 2 trials
00:32 Awareness of “fringe effects” when the vaccine is introduced to thousands or millions
00:59 Post-market surveillance of adverse effects vs. coincidence and confounding
01:31 Ensuring efficacy – new territory with a coronavirus vaccine
01:50 Sterilizing immunity
02:06 Relatively weak immune response from coronaviruses vs severity
02:29 Polio and measles vaccines create robust immunity
02:59 New technology being trialed on some SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
03:47 Optimism about the efficacy of vaccines
04:02 Herd immunity
04:43 Who is going to get the COVID-19 vaccine first? Which countries?
05:15 Medical professionals likely the first to receive vaccines
06:02 Will COVID 19 vaccines block transmission and spread?
06:10 Should kids get the vaccine?
06:37 How well will vaccines work in the elderly and immunocompromised?
07:46 How quickly can the vaccines get distributed? By the end of this year?
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