Vax Facts UH: Science, Safety & Society

Описание: Vaccine Science, Safety and Efficacy, plus a discussion of the ethics and politics of their distribution.

Featuring:
JABSOM Associate Dean Buenconsejo-Lum, JABSOM’s liaison to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 pandemic response;
JABSOM professor Sandra Chang, a specialist in immunology, microbiology, and vaccine development, who serves as co-chair of the Hawaii Dept. of Health Vaccine Medical Advisory Working Group;
JABSOM professor Neal Palafox, who serves on four Hawai‘i Covid-19 response teams. He is a specialist in health policy and reducing health disparities, with a focus on Pacific Islanders;
Communicology professor Soo Yun Shin, a specialist in communication technologies and strategies for correcting misinformation;
Lieutenant Governor and emergency room physician Josh Green.

Topics include: Status of Hawaii's vaccination drive, logistics of UH vaccinations, mRNA and other vaccine technologies, results from phase III trials, CDC recommendations, risks of vaccination vs. covid, effective vaccine communication, strategies for countering misinformation, vaccine and health equity, vaccine and public health policy.

Sponsors: College of Social Sciences, UH Mānoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kamehameha Schools, Office of the Provost, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly, and the William S. Richardson School of Law.

0:00 - Introduction (Robert Perkinson)
2:58 - Lee Buenconsejo-Lum
20:59 - Dr. Sandra Chang
41:30 - Soo Yun Shin
51:20 - Neal Palafox
1:04:30 - Lt. Gov Josh Green

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