Matt Mackowiak's Mack On Politics

The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine is the subject of the 186th episode. Our guest is Dr. Robin Robinson, who was the first director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and is now chief scientific officer for RenovaCare. In this conversation we explore stem cell therapy, the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, take stock of progress on treatments and testing, examine in depth the unprecedented global effort to develop a vaccine, and discuss the crucial role BARDA plays. Finally Dr. Robinson offers advice to the Trump administration.