{"id":650,"date":"2020-12-01T16:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=130130"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:59:48","slug":"the-ones-with-the-most-risk-are-the-ones-were-most-ill-prepared-to-reach-with-the-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/01\/the-ones-with-the-most-risk-are-the-ones-were-most-ill-prepared-to-reach-with-the-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Ones With the Most Risk Are the Ones We\u2019re Most Ill-Prepared to Reach with the Vaccine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Janine Jackson interviewed U Penn\u2019s Ravi Gupta about vaccine infrastructure for the<\/em> November 20, 2020, episode<\/em><\/a> of<\/em> CounterSpin<\/em><\/strong>. This is a lightly edited transcript.<\/em><\/p>\n MP3 Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Janine Jackson:<\/strong> Headlines are hailing imminent coronavirus vaccines we\u2019re told are safe, upwards of 90% effective, and ready to be sent for FDA approval \u201cwithin days.\u201d It\u2019s understandable to want to see the discovery of a vaccine as signaling victory over pandemic worries, but one global health official says<\/a> it\u2019s more like \u201cbuilding a base camp on Mount Everest.\u201d<\/p>\n What happens next has to do with vaccine infrastructure\u2014the systems in place for vaccines\u2019 manufacture and distribution. And our next guest says that infrastructure is due for serious change.<\/p>\n Ravi Gupta is a physician and clinician scholar at the University of Pennsylvania<\/a>. His article<\/a>, \u201cOur Vaccine Infrastructure Needs a Radical Overhaul,\u201d appeared recently in Boston Review<\/strong>. He joins us now by phone from Philadelphia. Welcome to CounterSpin<\/strong>, Ravi Gupta.<\/p>\n Ravi Gupta:<\/strong> Thank you for having me.<\/p>\n