038 - When Will We Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medicine, News, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Development of a COVID-19 vaccine is an essential part of halting the pandemic. But will it be months or years before we see one? Vaccine expert Dr. William Moss talks to Stephanie Desmon about the complexities of vaccine development and manufacturing, potential hold ups, how opponents of vaccination may come into play, and why COVID-19 may threaten current immunization programs.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a new podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:12.7	Our focus is the novel coronavirus.
0:15.2	I'm Josh Sharfstein, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and also a former secretary of Maryland's health department.
0:21.6	Our goal with this podcast is to bring evidence and experts to help you understand today's
0:26.9	news about the novel coronavirus and what it means for tomorrow.
0:30.5	If you have questions, you can email them to public health question at jhh.edu.
0:36.3	That's public health question at jh.h. That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:42.7	Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to William Moss, an epidemiologist and vaccine expert at the Johns
0:48.6	Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:51.2	They discuss how soon we may see a coronavirus vaccine, some of the pitfalls
0:55.9	in developing one, and why immunization rates around the world for all diseases may be impacted
1:01.7	by this pandemic. Let's listen. I'm here today with William Moss, a vaccine expert at the Johns
1:09.4	Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
1:12.1	Today we're going to talk about one of the most pressing
1:15.0	issues in the coronavirus pandemic,
1:18.2	and that is when will we get a vaccine?
1:22.2	Thanks for joining me.
1:24.1	Thank you for having me.
1:26.2	Dr. Moss, tell me a little bit about how soon we can get a vaccine to the public.
1:31.3	This is a critical question, and people have heard different answers to this question.
1:37.3	First, I'll say that the development of a coronavirus vaccine is really an essential part of our response to this pandemic.
1:48.4	We will not fully control the transmission of this virus until we have a vaccine, a safe
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