Vaccine Information Campaign

Covid-19 Response

Joint initiative by the Press and Communications Group of EASAC member academies

EASAC's member academies came together in spring 2021 to produce various information material on COVID-19 vaccines. The materials are being shared via the EASAC Twitter account and EASAC Youtube Channel and are also available here.

We would like to thank all scientists, coming from 12 different European countries, for contributing to this project. A big thank you also to all translators in our member academies for helping to make this a multilingual European project.

European National Academies of Science call for wide support of COVID-19 vaccination campaign

In this video, experts nominated by our member academies call for support of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign - a united voice of science across Europe.--- Portrayed Scientists & nominating academies: Prof. Dr. Alain Fischer, Académie des sciences, France; Prof. Dr. Anne Spurkland, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Dr. Gábor Kemenesi, Hungarian Academy of Science; Prof. Dr. Christina Moberg, President, EASAC Prof. Dr. Guido Forni, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy; Prof. Dr. Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Prof. Dr. Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, Academy of Athens, Greece; Prof. Dr. Lone Simonsen, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters; Prof. Dr. Magdalena Rosińska, Polish Academy of Sciences; Prof. Dr. Marion Koopmans, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Prof. Dr. Penka Petrova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Prof. Dr. Tatiana Betáková, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Prof. Dr. Volker Thiel, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences --- All videos were recorded in April and May, 2021.

Interactive Map - COVID-19 vaccination

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Infographics

Video interviews with experts from EASAC member academies

In this video, Prof. Dr. Magdalena Rosińska explains the differences between different types of vaccines, she gives an answer to the question whether vaccinated people are able to transmit the corona virus SARS‑CoV‑2 and she explains why it is important to get vaccinated. ----------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof. Dr. Magdalena Rosińska, Member of the COVID-19 Advisory Team to the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences & National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Date of the interview: 15.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Lone Simonsen explains what makes the current pandemic different from previous pandemics, what lessons we can learn from past pandemics and why it was possible to have vaccines so quickly this time. She also gives her thoughts on whether we will we be able to manage the next pandemic more efficiently and explains her role during the pandemic in advising Danish politicians. ----------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Lone Simonsen, Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Department of Science and Environment Roskilde University, Date of the interview: 07.04.2021

In this interview, Dr. Tatiana Betáková answers important questions in connection to COVID-19 vaccines, such as whether  vaccinated people capable to transmit the virus and infect other people, whether COVID-19 disease induces lifelong immunity like other virus diseases and whether current vaccines are effective against the currently spreading mutants. ---------------------------------- Information about the interview: interviewee: Tatiana Betáková, Principal Investigator, Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences, Date of the interview: 21.04.2021

In this interview, Prof Dr Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam  talks about the effectiveness of current COVID-19 vaccines against the virus mutants  and the safety of vaccines, also addressing the question of whether the vaccines interact with and change cellular human DNA. ----------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Academy's COVID-19 expert group, Date of the interview: 22.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Marion Koopmans outlines the difference between the different COVID-19 vaccines and explains when is the best time to get vaccinated. She also gives an insight into what her work life as a virologist looks like during the COVID-19 pandemic.-----------------------------------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Marion Koopmans, Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Head of the Department of Viroscience of the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and adviser for the Health Council of the Netherlands and the World Health Organisation, Date of the interview: 26.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Marion Koopmans shares her main take-aways from the WHO mission to Wuhan and gives her perspective on the lab escape theory.-----------------------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Marion Koopmans Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Head of the Department of Viroscience of the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and adviser for the Health Council of the Netherlands and the World Health Organisation, Date of the interview: 26.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Marion Koopmans explains where she sees current challenges for the vaccine rollout in Europe and the world.---------------------------------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Marion Koopmans Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Head of the Department of Viroscience of the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and adviser for the Health Council of the Netherlands and the World Health Organisation, Date of the interview: 26.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Penka Petrova talks about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and gives examples of how the science community in Bulgarias has contributed to the fight against COVID-19.--------------------------------------------------------- Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Penka Petrova Director of Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Date of the interview: 04.05.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Alain Fischer talks about COVID-19 vaccine safety and gives an answer to the question on whether vaccinated individuals are capable to transmit the virus to other people. He also shares his view on whether the pandemic influenced the way society looks at science.--------------------------------------------------------- Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Alain Fischer Member of the Académie des sciences, France Pediatric Immuno-Hematology and Rheumatology APHP, Date of the interview: 30.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Anne Spurkland talks about the danger of silent hypoxia in COVID-19 disease and gives an example of how the science community in Norway has positively contributed to the fight against the pandemic. ---------------------------------------------------------Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Anne Spurkland Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Professor, Molecular Immunology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo, Date of the interview: 14.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Haramlampos Moutsopoulos talks about scientific research on COVID-19 and vaccination for people with autoimmune disease.---Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Haramlampos Moutsopoulos Academician and Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece, Date of the interview: 14.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Volker Thiel talks about immunity after a COVID-19 vaccination and about the effectiveness of vaccines against virus mutants. He also shares his thoughts on whether young people should get vaccinated.---Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Volker Thiel Institute for Virology and Immunology, University of Bern nominated by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, Date of the interview: 21.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Gábor Kemenesi talks about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and about why he believes that young people should get vaccinated.--- Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Gábor Kemenesi Committee Member, Hungarian Academy of Science, University of Pécs, Szentágothai Research Centre, Date of the interview: 07.04.2021

In this video, Prof Dr Guido Forni talks about the development of COVID-19 vaccines and explains the difference between fast tracking a vaccine authorization and emergency use authorization. He also gives an insight into the science behind the vaccines and how to respond to virus mutants.---Information about the interview: interviewee: Prof Dr Guido Forni DNA Vaccination Expert and Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, Date of the interview: March 2021

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