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Physician panel: Navigating the 2025 vaccination crisis

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An expert physician panel discusses how vaccine policy has gone wrong under the Trump administration, why misinformation has flourished and what individual physicians can do to win back patient trust.

Watch the full expert panel discussion and find all materials here.

2025 has brought new heights for vaccine innovation — and new lows in public trust. Medical Economics and Infection Control Today convened a panel of frontline physicians, policy leaders and infectious disease experts to unpack recent policy shifts, the impact of vaccine hesitancy and how we move forward with evidence, empathy and action.

Meet our expert panelists

Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP
Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Jen Brull, M.D., FAAFP
President, American Academy of Family Physicians

William Schaffner, M.D.
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS

Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; President, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Charles Vega, M.D., FAAFP
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Dean for Culture and Community Education, University of California, Irvine

Our moderator:

Heather Stoltzfus, M.P.H., R.N., CIC
Research Nurse Program Manager, Johns Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases; Consultant, Broad Street Prevention; Editorial Adviser, Infection Control Today


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Vaccine panelist introductions

(2:14 to 4:13)

Opening thoughts on 2025’s vaccination challenges

(4:14 to 10:44)

The state of vaccine innovation

(10:45 to 16:22)

Vaccine politics: ‘They’ve taken apart the infrastructure to get shots in arms’

(16:23 to 20:00)

Pediatric vaccines: Rates decline, parental skepticism grows

(20:01 to 23:30)

Confronting the lack of public vaccine education

(23:31 to 30:05)

Addressing vaccine-skeptical patients

(30:06 to 35:05)

Rebuilding confidence in vaccination

(35:06 to 37:54)

The role of medical societies in vaccine advocacy

(37:55 to 44:37)

Practical tips for physicians to combat misinformation

(44:38 to 50:26)

Closing thoughts on vaccines in 2025

(50:27 to 56:14)

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