A Conversation About Potential COVID-19 Vaccines with an Expert in Virology and Vaccinology
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Paul Offit, MD is Director of the Vaccine Education Center, professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins the show to share his perspective on COVID-19 and discuss COVID-19 vaccine updates.
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- What a phase 3 trial for a vaccine for this viruswould mean, and how important it is
- Why and how it might be possible to produce a commercial COVID-19 vaccine within 1.5 years of identifying the strain, when other vaccine research and development programs take 15-20 years
- What types of novel methods can be used for vaccine development
"The fact that two-thirds of the population would get a theoretical, unknown vaccine for which they have no data against a virus which has been, at best, elusive…is pretty amazing…I think I would have answered 'No' to that question; I want to see the data first," says Dr. Offit.
The COVID-19 vaccine development program is receiving unprecedented international interest, much of which is in the form of billions of dollars poured in by the WHO, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and about 80 other companies worldwide.
Dr. Offit expresses concern over the less extensive licensure process and safety issues that may be associated with the emergency-use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine. On this note, he discusses the importance of phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials involving a cohort of 30,000 people, 20,000 of which would receive the experimental vaccine and 10,000 of which would receive a placebo.
Dr. Offit also discusses the efforts behind Operation Warp Speed, COVID-19 vaccine progress, what it would mean to have a vaccine provide short-lived and incomplete protection, novel mechanisms of vaccine development such as those that rely upon messenger RNA, information about the potential of the COVID-19 virus to mutate away from potential vaccines, and much more.
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have Paul Offett, he's a doctor, a director of the Vaccine Education Center. |
| 0:46.6 | He's also a professor of Pediatrics, the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. |
| 0:53.6 | He is also a Maurice R Hilliman professor of vaccineology |
| 0:57.1 | at the Perlman School of Medicine |
| 0:58.7 | at University of Pennsylvania. |
| 1:01.2 | Is an expert internationally recognized in the fields of virology and |
| 1:04.7 | immunology. |
| 1:05.7 | And we're going to talk about, you know, the race for COVID-19 vaccines. |
| 1:10.1 | So, Paul, thanks for coming. |
| 1:11.5 | Thanks for asking me. |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah, obviously it's a topic of worldwide significance. |
| 1:16.8 | Everyone says is a big race on. |
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