Can we get enough vaccine?

POLITICO's Off Message

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4.5 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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"Off Message" presents the second episode of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": Once there is a working Covid vaccine, manufacturers across the globe will need to scale up production to produce billions of doses — meaning billions of pharmaceutical-grade glass vials, rubber stoppers, packaging and storage and refrigeration. In a special airing of POLITICO's Global Translations podcast, hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath look at the challenges of making enough vaccines for the world.Luiza Savage is the host of "Global Translations"Ryan Heath is a host of "Global Translations"Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO AudioKara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO AudioJenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO AudioIrene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO AudioSarah Owermohle is a POLITICO health reporter covering vaccines. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Jim Robinson is a former MERCK executive (manufacturing lead for ebola project); currently with CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations).Dan Diamond is a POLITICO health care reporter and the host of the "Pulse Check" podcast and newsletter. Check out and subscribe to POLITICO's Global Translations, POLITICO Pulse, and Global Pulse newsletters. Read Luiza Savage's article on why nationalism is the next big challenge for Covid-19 vaccines. Global Translations newsletter: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-translationsPOLITICO Pulse newsletter: https://www.politico.com/politicopulse/Global Pulse newsletter: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-pulsePOLITICO article: "The next vaccine challenge: Nationalism": https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/28/covid-vaccine-challenge-nationalism-433023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What happens to supply chains when trade disputes and a global pandemic collide?
0:05.4	On a special episode of global translations, presented by City, we learn how businesses are prioritizing resilience over efficiency to adapt supply chain networks in the phase of disruption.
0:14.8	Tune in November 11th, wherever you listen to this podcast.
0:18.3	Well, when is this over?
0:20.7	I say, personal opinion, it's over when we have a
0:24.8	vaccine. You'd be hard pressed to think of another situation in the world where everyone
0:33.5	wants the same materials at the same time. It's over when people know I'm 100% safe and I don't have to worry about this.
0:42.1	When does that happen? When do we have a vaccine?
0:44.1	If you're asking me, when is it going to be generally available to the American public
0:47.7	so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life?
0:56.8	I think we're probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter, 2021. I think he made a mistake when he said that. It's just
1:02.5	incorrect information. And so it's not just about finding which vaccines work. It's about preparing
1:09.7	the manufacturing and supply chains for those.
1:12.5	And if one little detail in those supply chains goes wrong, we might not be getting vaccines
1:17.8	to people when they desperately need them. What evidence do we have that this country will do
1:21.6	better if and when there's a vaccine distributing that to large portions of the vaccine?
1:26.8	I say the solution. distributing that to large portions of this is going to be a long run in the measure of vaccines
1:28.3	for the rest of the year
1:30.3	I say
1:31.3	the sooner the better
1:32.3	as quickly
1:33.3	to get the vaccine
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