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255: Dr. MJC on Vaccine Trial Updates and Post-Election Pivots

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Pandemic-response expert Dr. MJC is back for our Sweet 16th (!) installment in the Pivoting Around a Pandemic series. We discuss updates on the Pfizer vaccine trial he’s participating in, fantasies about “when there’s a vaccine,” challenges to global rollout, our reaction to the election results, and the need for deep rest after all that we’ve collectively been through this year, and particularly this season.

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Background on the Pivoting Around a Pandemic Podcast Series

Background from our kick-off to this Pivoting Around A Pandemic series: With so much happening daily in the world and global economy around coronavirus, we’re all dealing with massive amounts of uncertainty, pivots at work, and for many—fear and anxiety that comes with not only the health concerns, but questions around how to maintain our livelihoods moving forward.

When Momentum member and pandemic expert Dr. Michael J. Consuelos reached out to offer himself as a resource to the JBE team and the MoMo community, I jumped at the chance to record a conversation for all of you as well, which has now turned into a full-blown series. Watch recent Pivot workshops and check out all the recent episodes at PivotMethod.com/pandemic »

More about Dr. Michael J. Consuelos

Dr. Michael J. Consuelos is the Principal at MJC Solutions, a veteran-owned, small business that provides professional consulting and advisory services to organizations serving the healthcare sector. He has held several leadership roles in emergency preparedness and pandemic response since 1997.

His extensive experience includes leading a health system pandemic response to the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Dr. Consuelos’ coordination of the health system response with local, state, and federal authorities to maintain healthcare business continuity has been used as a model by other hospital systems.

Dr. Consuelos received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his pediatric training at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He received his Executive MBA from the Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Topics Covered

  • Updates on the Vaccine trial MJC is participating in

  • Getting interviewed by a Japanese news agency: What is your message to the Japanese people?

  • A sign of hope, a promise that there will be a better tomorrow

  • Is this fantasy/daydream for "when there's a vaccine" too utopian?

  • Vaccine progress, what some of the challenges will be (logistical and social)

  • Acceptance of the vaccine — initial results are that it's 90% effective

  • Feeling extra drained post-election

  • Where we were when the election was called

  • Michael's text from his father

  • Our hopes for the political landscape moving forward, "Better angels of our nature"

  • Advice shuts the conversation down: focus on ideas, stories, and experiences instead

  • JB to MJC: are pandemics accelerating? Does he think we experience another one sooner than 100 years from now?

  • MJC’s response: "We have a short memory for the bullets that missed us"

Resources Mentioned

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