Fran Priddy's guest appearances

Fran Priddy

Saturday Morning

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Elon Musk

Jordan Peele

Steven Pinker

Donald Trump

Roger McNamee

Michael Mosley

Cal Newport

Celeste Headlee

Taika Waititi

Ava Duvernay

Glennon Doyle

Stephen Colbert

Elizabeth McGovern

Larry King

Robin Sharma

OwlTail

This week Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said that almost 70% of the eligible population have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine or have booked to have one, but this does not include children under 12 who have not yet been cleared to receive the vaccine.  Dr Fran Priddy, the Clinical Evaluation Director at Malaghan Institute and also the Clinical Director of the Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand spoke to Francesca Rudkin about what impact this might have on us achieving herd immunity.She said it would be "critical for New Zealand and for other countries" for under 12's to get vaccinated "to put an end to this phase of the pandemic."LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said that almost 70% of the eligible population have received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine or have booked to have one, but this does not include children under 12 who have not yet been cleared to receive the vaccine.   Dr Fran Priddy, the Clinical Evaluation Director at Malaghan Institute and also the Clinical Director of the Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand spoke to Francesca Rudkin about what impact this might have on us achieving herd immunity. She said it would be "critical for New Zealand and for other countries" for under 12's to get vaccinated "to put an end to this phase of the pandemic." LISTEN ABOVESee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Fran Priddy: 'Critical' for under 12's to get vaccinated

New Zealand could be making its own Covid-19 vaccine - but we'd need to put our hand in our pocket to achieve that.This comes as vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca has warned the EU it can't provide all the doses it had promised, because of production issues.It's led to concern here about what the shortage could eventually mean here.Vaccine Alliance Clinical Director Dr Fran Priddy told Tim Beveridge making a vaccine here could eliminate that concern."It is possible to do there, you have to weigh the benefits in term of the investment."LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand could be making its own Covid-19 vaccine - but we'd need to put our hand in our pocket to achieve that. This comes as vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca has warned the EU it can't provide all the doses it had promised, because of production issues. It's led to concern here about what the shortage could eventually mean here. Vaccine Alliance Clinical Director Dr Fran Priddy told Tim Beveridge making a vaccine here could eliminate that concern. "It is possible to do there, you have to weigh the benefits in term of the investment." LISTEN ABOVESee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Fran Priddy: As vaccine shortage concerns grow, should New Zealand make its own?