Hopeful SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) interview with virologist Robert Gallo

[Stan Cooper]

This 17 minute segment aired yesterday on the PBS program "Amanpour and Company."

Robert Gallo was the co-discoverer of HIV and a pioneer in AIDS research. He discusses the potential use of the oral polio vaccine to provide temporary (a couple of months) immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Dr. Robert Gallo, who helped identify HIV in the 1980's, is leading an initiative to use the oral polio vaccine for short-term coronavirus treatment. He believes it could provide a couple of months of immunity, buying time for anyone infected to develop the antibodies to fight it. It still awaits FDA approval, but Dr. Gallo believes there is cause for hope -- as he explains to Walter Isaacson.

https://www.pbs.org/video/can-oral-polio-vaccine-help-stop-coronavirus-9owwvp/