A leading expert who helped create the COVID-19 vaccine stressed the need to target the vulnerable rather than administering doses to everyone age 12 and older
A leading expert who helped create the COVID-19 vaccine stressed the need to target the vulnerable rather than administering doses to everyone age 12 and older
A leading expert who helped create the COVID-19 vaccine stressed the need to target the vulnerable rather than administering doses to everyone age 12 and older
unvaccinated people are dying at 20 times the rate of people who are boosted. back with us, now doctor peter hotez, he s a vaccine scientist working with a team to develop a low-cost covid-19 vaccine for global distribution. peter has been working on covid vaccine long before the rest of us knew there was covid, he s the co-director for the center for vaccine development the texas children s hospital. in the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. peter thank you for being with us tonight. i want to ask you about trends, including in south africa, where we first learned about. this rapid uptick in then there s been a slowing of it. we are seeing the number, all of us know people who have now been infected, who have been vaccinated and boosted. in some cases three injections, and they re still getting this. thing is there some sense that the speed of which this comes in, may indicate the speed at which slows down? that would be nice when the.
some. well, i think people just need to be prudent. clearly, when you travel, there is always a risk of increased infection. that just goes with respiratory illnesses. but if people need to travel and want to travel for the obvious family reasons during this holiday season, if you re vaccinated and you re boosted and you take care when you go into congregant settings like airports, to make sure you continually wear your mask, you should be okay. just a moment i ll be speaking with renowned vaccine scientist, that guy right there, dr. peter hotez. thank you for standing by. let s start with nbc s kathy park here in the new york studio with me. talk about what s happening now. i know you have been out there in new york. where do things stand? just when we thought we had turned a corner, we re seeing troubling signs this fight against covid is far from over, especially right here in new york. last night, snl still put on a show, but due to growing covid