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Podcast: Demystifying NMO & MOG
Episode: Vaccine Preparedness
Description: The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the world, and while we're going through another dark surge, there is hope- vaccines. The FDA just authorized and approved the first Covid-19 vaccine. While this is exciting, it also brings up a lot of questions, especially for people in the NMO community. In this episode, host Chelsey, PhD immunologist, chats with Sumaira on the basics of vaccines, and then talks with neuroimmunologist and NMO clinician Mary Rensel, MD of the Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center. Sumaira and Chelsey cover the basics on vaccines: What are vaccines? What's protective immunity? What's herd immunity? What're the...