What We’ve Learned From the Vaccine Rollout So Far
Channel: New America
Date: 2021-02-17

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is behind schedule, hitting snags across the country as the federal government and states scramble to navigate inadequate supply, logistical bottlenecks, and wrenching decisions about whom should be prioritized, and in what order. Join Future Tense and New America's Public Interest Technology program as we check in with Helene Gayle and Atul Gawande to discuss the principles that should inform an efficacious and equitable vaccine distribution, and what we can learn from the initial stages of the rollout.

Speakers:

Dr. Helene Gayle, @helenegayle
President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust; Chair, New America
Co-chair, Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Dr. Atul Gawande, @Atul_Gawande
Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Board Member, New America

Moderators:

Torie Bosch, @thekibosch
Editor, Future Tense

Hana Schank, @hanaschank
Director of Strategy, Public Interest Technology at New America

Follow the conversation online using #VaccineRollout and by following @FutureTenseNow

This event is in partnership with New America's Public Interest Technology program

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