Dr. Peter Hotez: Vaccine diplomacy in time of anti-science | COVID-19 Update for April 29, 2021

A discussion with Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about his new book "Preventing the Next Pandemic."

0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for April 29, 2021
0:27 Tell us about your new book "Preventing the Next Pandemic"
4:10 Discuss “neglected tropical diseases” (NTD’s) around the world and in the U.S.
8:43 Examine the creation/development of new “megacities” and how the trend will affect global health
11:37 Challenges around anticipating global threats—from development of treatments, like COVID-19 vaccines, through distribution
12:35 Addressing the problem of the mobilization and globalization of anti-science and anti-vaccine movements (e.g., weaponized health communications to discredit Western vaccines/medicine)
17:02 How do we have vaccine diplomacy when countries actively work against each other?
19:25 Importance of amplifying physician voices and identifying opportunities to speak out against misinformation
20:55 Are the Biden administration's recently announced changes a move in the right direction to help accelerate vaccinations globally?