Pandemic Immunoprivilege

Published: April 27, 2021, 11:15 p.m.

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As COVID-19 vaccines open up for all adults in the United States, Maria and Julio unpack the next phase of the pandemic and its global impact, including vaccination equity and immunoprivilege. For this discussion, they\\u2019re joined by Dr. Keisha Ray, bioethicist at McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health in Houston, and Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children\'s Center for Vaccine Development and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. Also ITT familia! In The Thick is nominated for the Best General Series in News and Politics category in the 25th Annual Webby Awards! Vote for us here. And help spread the word by sharing on social media. ITT Staff Picks: - In an interview for Vox with Sigal Samuel, Kesiha spoke about vaccine hesitancy among communities of color: \\u201cIt\\u2019s not that people of color just don\\u2019t trust medicine. It\\u2019s that medicine hasn\\u2019t shown itself to be trustworthy to people of color.\\u201d - Debora Dinz and Giselle Carino write about the geopolitics of immunoprivilege for El Pais\\u2019 Opinion section. - Ranna Ayyub writes for Time Magazine about the COVID-19 crisis in India and the Prime Minister\\u2019s failure to lead during this second wave.\\xa0 Photo credit: AP Photo / Carlos Giusti \\xa0

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