On October 2 the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine issued its consensus Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine. William H. Foege, MD, MPH, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of International Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, co-chaired the committee that authored the report, and discusses its recommendations. Recorded October 2, 2020.
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Topics discussed in this interview:
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Helene Gayle and the Gates Foundation
3:52 Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine
5:16 Ethics and equity in vaccine distribution
8:33 Are health care workers a priority?
10:45 Phase 1
11:28 Cold storage of the vaccine
12:58 Vaccine switching
13:37 Phase 2
15:13 Vaccinating the elderly
18:35 Timeline for an approved vaccine
22:10 Duration of immunity
23:39 The CDC
26:41 Vaccine hesitancy
28:44 President Trump, masks, and COVID-19
30:30 Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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