FDA Advisory Committee Member Dr. Paul Offit on Vaccine Safety, Efficacy and Distribution
Series produced by CHC Radio
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and member of the FDA Advisory Committee that issued emergency authorization for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for distribution in the US. Dr. Offit says development of this new vaccine is a remarkable achievement backed by decades of scientific research that the Advisory Committee found to be safe an efficacious for widespread distribution. He’s urging the Biden Administration to accelerate vaccine production and distribution efforts.
Long form interview with hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter and guest Dr. Paul Offit. FactCheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson shares facts about the COVID-19 Vaccines, and we end with a Bright Idea - The World Mosquito program seeking to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases by releasing modified mosquitoes into populations, bred with a harmless bacteria that will disrupt the spread of dengue, yellow fever and other deadly pathogens.
