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This week's panel of guests include President Biden’s Chief Medical Adviser, the long-serving director of the Infectious Disease Institute at the US National Institutes of Health, and a doctor who has been played on screen by Brad Pitt. All three of them are, of course, Dr Anthony Fauci. In this episode of How To Vaccinate The World Tim Harford talks with the world famous immunologist about the effectiveness and the roll out of vaccines in the US and around the world, what it’s been like to share a stage with Donald Trump in the depths of a pandemic, and answers questions from some of our loyal listeners. Producers: Sandra Kanthal and Josephine Casserly Listeners questions can be sent to vaccine@bbc.co.uk

No one’s safe until everyone is safe - it’s a phrase we are getting used to hearing. We are all going to look after each other and make sure everyone gets the vaccines they need. But this noble sentiment seems to be buckling under first contact with political reality, as rich countries jockey for position at the front of a very long queue. The elbows are out - just ask AstraZeneca. In this episode of How To Vaccinate the World, Tim Harford and a panel of expert guests, have a lively discussion about the dangers and perhaps the advantages of vaccine nationalism.Producers: Sandra Kanthal and Josephine CasserlyListeners questions can be emailed to vaccine@bbc.co.uk

The development of new vaccines for Covid 19 is a stunning scientific achievement. But now we some a cunning plans to get them out of their vials and into billions of arms around the world. Different strategies are being rolled out around the world, and like the virus itself, they are always evolving. In this episode of How To Vaccinate the World Tim Harford hears about vaccination strategies being rolled out in Indonesia and India and what the science tells us, and doesn't tell us, about who should be first in the queue. Listener questions for future episodes can be sent to vaccine@bbc.co.uk.Producers: Sandra Kanthal and Josephine Casserly