About this episode
Professor Nigel Crawford is a vaccine specialist in Melbourne. He is a member of ATAGI (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation) and Chair of its COVID-19 Working Group, Medical Head of Immunisation Services at The Royal Children's Hospital, Director of SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community) and Director of the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre.
In this special episode we cover how and why COVID-19 vaccines are being used against the pandemic: which vaccines are available in Australia and how they differ, what mRNA vaccines are, what the spike protein is, how vaccines were developed so quickly, side effects and the rare risk of unusual clots (TTS), why Australia was slower to vaccinate, vaccine hesitancy, vaccination in pregnancy, fertility and autoimmune concerns, and what the future holds for reopening.
What you'll learn
- How mRNA vaccines work
- Why COVID-19 vaccines could be developed quickly
- Common side effects and rare risks
- Vaccination in pregnancy
Topics
- Research
- COVID-19
- Vaccines
- Patient safety
- Australia
Full transcript
The full transcript for this episode is coming soon.