Join the Bipartisan Policy Center and the GTMRx Institute as they discuss effective strategies to build vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this event, GTMRx will announce the National Task Force: Building Vaccine Confidence in the Medical Neighborhood.
Vaccinating Americans is critical to preventing severe illness or death from COVID-19 and ultimately stopping the pandemic. It is also essential in getting people back to work, to play, and to living. To achieve widespread vaccination, engagement of the medical neighborhood is fundamental when implementing community programs designed to effectively build vaccine confidence. While we have seen encouraging vaccination rates, urgent action is necessary to reach herd immunity which experts estimate would require anywhere from 70% to 90% of the U.S. population be fully vaccinated. The reasons people are skeptical about taking the coronavirus vaccine are complex. Building vaccine confidence requires proactive and thoughtful public awareness, education, and engagement of a variety of local stakeholders including community members.
Opening remarks by:
Bill Frist, MD
Former Senate Majority Leader; Senior Fellow, BPC
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
Former Administrator; CMS; Founder, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Katherine H. Capps
Executive Director and Co-Founder, GTMRx Institute
Anand Parekh, MD
Chief Medical Advisor, BPC
Karen Remley, MD
Director, CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Deputy Incident Manager, CDC’s COVID-19 Response
Panel discussion with:
Sree Chaguturu, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark
Susan Dentzer (moderator)
Senior Policy Fellow, Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, MPA
Founder and CEO, Grapevine Health
Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH
President, Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Additional participants to be announced
