ok let's get the thoughts now of professor does then it help from the department of microbiology at the university of alabama in the united states and thanks for coming on you're very welcome some european countries we were just reporting there are holding back on the astra zeneca vaccine saying that they do need more data do you think they're right to do so given the shortage of vaccines at the moment. resolute game bush is perceived as a precaution you're no thank you very much for invitation yes absolutely each european council has the or for it it will be site how and when they were. specific but seem and there is many aspects who consider su a somebody just a few seconds before the whole issues fortunately becoming a political issue where it is it is a man's who or old boss living on this planet we should war in the most competitive manner and when we approach exchange dipping the exchange our lower rates exchange new types of parts to combine the epidemics that. are just talking about vaccines to in europe generally. the e.u. is considering using sputnik v but it still hasn't give

stanley pearlman university of iowa department of microbiology and immunology a long time coronavirus researchers and also pediatric-- >> thank you, dr. pearlman. dr. morasco. >> i don't think, the doctor, has his audio connected at the moment. >> okay. so we will move on then. and we'll come later maybe we can introduce him. so the next-- thank you all. next i would like to dr. marrion grover for the vaccine -- dr., please unmute yourself, please. we can't hear you. you have to unmute yourself. >> yeah, i know. just-- okay. sorry. yeah, good morning to everybody. my name is marion, the director of the office vaccine research in center for biologics, fda. and on behalf of my colleagues i'd like to welcome the committee as well as the public to this discussion and once again, i really would like to express my appreciation for the committee to take time out of their busy schedule to come together and lend their perspective, advice, and recommendation regarding the topic at hand today. i'd like to really hear from them whether the totality of the evidence and the data that are presented

i'm at the university of iowa department of microbiology and immunology printed long-term coronavirus researchers and pediatric doctors well. >> thank you. the next doctor. >> i don't think doctor has his audio connected at the moment. >> we will move on then. i think we can later introduce him. next i would like to introduce a doctor director. doctor, please find your camera and unmute your phone please. we cannot hear you. you do have to unmute yourself. >> i know for i'm sorry and converted to everybody. i'm the director of research and are takes fda printed and also we have both my colleagues in the office of vaccines. i would like to welcome this morning the committees as well as the public to this discussion. again once again, i would really would like to express my appreciation for the committee to take time out of their busy schedules too come together and gather advice and recommendations regarding the topic at hand today. they like to hearpi from them whether the evidence of this data presented today by johnson and the fda will support authorization of the covid-19 vaccine.

predecessor didn't do his job we now speak to julie fisher she's an associate professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university she joins us now from washington d.c. julie i remember back in march last year when all of this is really kicking off tony found she was warning that the u.s. could see as many as 200000 deaths and at the time even that was a shocking number now we're approaching half a 1000000 so if things really got much worse than expected. i think that none of us could have predicted at this time that we would be doing this unfortunate and grim milestone at this point in time so at that time the projection that we would hit 240000 cases even with strict mitigation measures seemed unbelievable but now we've seen. with an even approach from state to state and with some challenges in getting people to adhere to some of that measures that we now know can be effective in slowness but of disease that. the spread the macos how to impact that none of us would have predicted and that has been truly heartbreaking for many families but we have judy seen a relatively sh