Operation Warp Speed & the Race to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine with Sean O'Leary, MD (S3:E66)

Join us for our next COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall on Thursday, August 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST with the Children's CO Infectious Disease Team, including epi and literature updates: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4385745584068080396

Countries around the world are racing to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the United States, Operation Warp Speed – led by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense -- involves almost $11 billion funding to seven different companies to develop vaccines. Three of these companies – Monderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer – are in late stage trials. Today on Charting Pediatrics we are joined by Sean O'Leary, MD to talk about these accelerated efforts and what role a vaccine would play in pediatrics.

Today we are joined by returning guest Dr. Sean O'Leary, an Infectious Disease physician at Children's Colorado and Director of the Colorado Pediatric Practice-Based Research Network. Sean is also a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics – if you have seen any major media coverage on the return to school, you have probably seen Sean quoted.

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