Coronavirus Vaccine Update From the CDC With Nancy Messonnier

Coronavirus Vaccine Update From the CDC With Nancy Messonnier

Nancy E. Messonnier, MD is Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the ‪@CDC‬ and leads the CDC’s efforts on COVID-19 vaccination. She joins JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the agency's response to emerging coronavirus variants, the FDA advisory hearings on the new ‪@jnj‬ vaccine, and other agency activities and priorities related to COVID-19 control. Recorded February 26, 2021. Topics discussed in this interview: 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Variants 2:55 Rapidity of variant emergence 3:55 Staying the course with vaccination 5:52 Speed of vaccine deployment 7:05 Supply of vaccines 8:01 Struggles with distribution 9:20 Incentives for vaccination 12:05 Delaying the second dose 13:44 Vaccination with prior infection 14:52 Stratifying vaccines for different groups 18:09 Vaccination during pregnancy and breastfeeding 20:14 Immunocompromised individuals 22:38 Duration of immunity 23:50 Safety surveillance systems 26:46 Global approach to vaccination 28:28 AstraZeneca and Novavax 29:10 Surprises 30:59 Speed of vaccine development 32:21 Livestream interruption 35:17 Livestream continues 36:23 Booster doses 36:45 Which vaccine the Queen of England got 37:25 Equity and vaccine distribution • Earn Free CME credits by watching JAMA Livestreams and completing a brief questionnaire. Claim 0.5 credits for each video at https://ja.ma/covidqa • Coronavirus Resource page from the JAMA Network: https://ja.ma/covidyt • To watch all the #JAMALive Q&A's Visit: https://ja.ma/covidqaytpl • Don't forget to hit subscribe or click https://ja.ma/subscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more from JAMA • https://www.jama.com •   / jamajournal   •   / jama_current   •   / jamanetwork   Follow the JAMA Network • https://www.jamanetwork.com • http://www.jamanetworkaudio.com •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   ===================================================================== #JAMALive #Coronavirus #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic