Vaccinate the World, End the Pandemic (with Nicole Lurie)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Dr. Bob calls up Nicole Lurie from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to talk about the state of COVID-19 vaccinations around the globe. They cover COVAX, vaccine nationalism, how vaccine hesitancy is playing out in different countries, and the biggest barriers to vaccinating the world. Plus, the lessons she’s taking away from COVID for the next global health crisis.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Learn more about COVAX: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/covax-explained
Read up on the rapidly escalating Covid situation in India: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/22/989768074/how-india-went-from-a-ray-of-hope-to-a-world-record-for-most-covid-cases-in-a-da
This article, featuring Nicole, makes the case for donating US Covid vaccines overseas: https://khn.org/news/article/the-case-for-donating-us-covid-vaccines-overseas/
Check out Heidi Larson’s book about vaccine hesitancy, Stuck, that Nicole mentions in today’s episode: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/stuck-9780190077242
Keep track of global vaccination rates: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html
Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/

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1:02.4	Welcome to In the Bubble.
1:03.4	I'm Dr. Bob Wachter.
1:06.1	Well it's become almost a cliche that we are not safe until everyone is safe, and that
1:12.3	means that there's not only a moral and ethical dilemma to vaccinate the world, but very
1:16.4	practical reasons as well, not only will new viruses inevitably enter our world if rates
1:24.7	of infection are high elsewhere, but we've seen that rampant, uncontrolled spread of
1:29.1	the virus.
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