The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on children and health care workers with Professor Paul Offit

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COVID19 Road to a vaccine

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18 episodes

8 months ago

The year 2020 has seen the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID19), a unique and potentially devastating virus, with no known prevention or treatment. This new SARS-CoV-2 virus has shown to not only have significant international health implications, but also immense psychological and economic impacts. Associate Professor Nigel Crawford, a vaccinologist and consultant paediatrician at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) & Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), Melbourne, will delve into the global pursuit of a safe and effective vaccine to prevent COVID19. This is all occurring at ‘pandemic speed’ and MVEC’s new podcast will explore this complicated and multi-faceted process through interviews with a variety of national and international vaccine experts.

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The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on children and health care workers with Professor Paul Offit

COVID19 Road to a vaccine

27 minutes

5 years ago

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on children and health care workers with Professor Paul Offit

In episode 6 of our COVID19 Road to a vaccine series, our host, Associate Professor Nigel Crawford, speaks to Professor Paul Offit. Professor Offit is an infectious diseases physician and Director of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP) Vaccine Education Center (VEC). The VEC website inspired the creation of the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre, the host of this podcast series.

In this episode they discuss:

•The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on health care workers and the importance of a vaccine
•Preventative therapies and randomised controlled trials in a pandemic, specifically the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and the other trials involving health care workers
•COVID-19 in children - do they play a role in transmission? Will they be a target for vaccine studies?
•Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS) - how can we factor this emerging condition into safety planning?

Links:
Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre:
https://mvec.mcri.edu.au

New York Times: We know crowding affects the spread. It may affect the death rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-crowds.html

New York Times: Re-thinking COVID-19 in children
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/well/family/coronavirus-children-covid-19.html

Vaccine Education Center
https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center

MVEC: Clinical trial of BCG vaccine against COVID-19
https://mvec.mcri.edu.au/clinical-trial-of-bcg-vaccine-against-covid-19-brace/

Paul Offit: Deadly Choices
http://paul-offit.com/booksby/deadly-choices/

Paul Offit: The Cutter Incident
http://paul-offit.com/booksby/the-cutter-incident/