In this video, the biology channel "The Amoeba Sisters" asks Dr. Kate O'Brien five questions that focus on questions/comments on social media regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. Expand this video description to view the questions and learn more about Dr. O'Brien.
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Video Table of Contents with Questions 1-5:
00:00 Intro
1:14 Q1 regarding ingredients in vaccines
4:23 Q2 regarding why aren't there vaccinations for HIV or the cold
9:10 Q3 regarding why flu cases are down and how COVID-19 is different from flu
11:47 Q4 regarding the survival statistic that is often shared on social media
14:44 Q5 regarding COVID-19 vaccine side effects
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Dr. Kate O'Brien Bio:
Dr. Kate O’Brien is Director of the Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Department at the World Health Organization. In this role she is responsible for leading WHO’s strategy and implementation to advance the vision of a world where everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from vaccines for good health and wellbeing. The Department works across all levels of WHO (country, region and headquarters) in collaboration with partners to support countries in achieving the optimum use and impact of vaccines. Dr. O’Brien also serves as WHO’s Technical Lead of the COVID Vaccine Pillar (COVAX), a part of the Access to COVID Tools Accelerator (ACT-A). The mission of COVAX is to deliver 2 billion doses of COVID vaccine by the end of 2021, to help end the acute phase of the pandemic. Dr. O’Brien is a Canadian who trained as a pediatric infectious disease physician, epidemiologist and vaccinologist. She earned her BSc in chemistry from University of Toronto (Canada), her MD from McGill University (Canada), and her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (US) before completing her training at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer, in the Respiratory Diseases Branch. Prior to joining WHO she was Professor of International Health and Epidemiology and Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research and policy work focused on vaccine preventable illnesses, especially for pneumonia causing pathogens including pneumococcal disease; Haemophilus influenzae type b; respiratory syncytial virus and influenza.
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