Dr. Amesh A. Adalja, MD, Senior Scholar at The JHU Center for Health Security
The Center for Health Security:
- Goals
Pandemic preparedness and response programs
Awareness among leaders
Connections between experts and the government
- Health security is a diverse field
- US woefully underprepared and guidelines ignored (Clade X experiment)
- Characteristics of pandemic pathogens
Efficient transmission
Moderate fatality
Contagious during the incubation period
Mild illness
Immunologically naive population
No vaccine
Evasion of immune response
- Vaccination platforms
Vaccines key to preventing disease
"Prototype" vaccines can help (mRNA and DNA vaccines - rapid development)
- At-home diagnostics
- Interface of public health and primary care
Public health is underresourced
Can be augmented with primary care
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