Experts discuss potential COVID-19 vaccines
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., and John Silva, M.D., a research professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, discussCOVID-19 and potential vaccines on December 2, 2020.
FORT WORTH – TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., and John Silva, M.D., a research professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, discussed potential COVID-19 vaccines.
During the discussion they both shared information about why has the development of the vaccines been faster than usual, why do underserved populations have a higher mortality rate and what are the issues surrounding the vaccines availability and distribution to different groups of people over the next several months.
You can watch the full discussion below.
Here is a list of resources COVID-19 vaccine development:
- Center for Disease Control explanation of how vaccines work.
- American Academy of Pediatrics article on children/pregnant women being involved in COVID-19 vaccine trial testing
- CNN story about advisers to the CDC recommending that health care workers and seniors in long-term care facilities get the vaccine first
- Center for Disease Control COVID-19 tracker
- New York Times COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker
- ScienceMag.org article
- MDedge Pediatrics