Recap William Haseltine: A Sobering Look at the COVID-19, Variants & Immunity

Could we take what we learned with the HIV/AIDs global health issue and apply it to our crisis with COVID-19? William Haseltine, PhD, scientist, researcher, author, philanthropist, and currently president of ACCESS Health International says YES!

Susan Ryan sat down with Dr. Haseltine, who is perhaps best known for his work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, genomics and currently, COVID-19. He is an internationally recognized expert on the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this recap, Marla and Mary discuss why Dr. Haseltine believes those learnings from the HIV crisis could be used today. We also explore his candid thoughts on the Biden administration and the pandemic—such as, what has been good and what needs to be more robust moving forward.

With her philosophy ‘hat” on, Marla takes a closer look at social solidarity, which Dr. Haseltine mentioned several times. Marla helps unpack what it means and how we might apply it with our healthcare system. Finally, we take a look at a book he co-authored that offers eight lessons for social inclusion and high-quality sustainable elder care.

Find out more about HIV/AIDS lessons learned here: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/covid-19-investment-our-economy 

Read more about the Biden administration here: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/weighing-bidens-first-executive-orders-address-covid-19 

Read more about the eight lessons here: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c484fc63-3395-4326-bf5e-f79a052ba83b/1006963.pdf