2020
On December 7, 2020, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a panel discussion titled “United States-Venezuela Relations: Will They Change under a Biden Administration?” This event was presented in collaboration with the Pardee Graduate Council and hosted by PGC President Maria Santarelli together with Ambassador Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Pardee School, who moderated the conversation.
The event featured Congressman Miguel Pizarro, member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Dr. Carlos Blanco, Visiting Researcher at CLAS, and Dr. Michael McCarthy, founder and CEO of the research advisory firms Caracas Wire LLC and Ceibo Growth Strategies.
The Lynn Institute held clinical trials for the vaccine here in the Oklahoma City metro.
Lynn Institute CEO, Carlos Blanco says Pfizer reported no issues related to allergic reactions in the first 40,000 patients of their trials. It is a shame there was doubt cast on this vaccine,” said Blanco. “What had been accomplished by the scientific community and these vaccine manufacturers is absolutely historic.
The Lynn Institute says once the FDA grants emergency use, It will immediately become available for local frontline workers.
They say the reward of taking the vaccine outweighs the risk.
Oklahoma is initially expecting over 30,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.