MEDIA ADVISORY
Los Alamos, N.M., Sept. 30, 2021—The public is invited to attend a virtual screening and panel Q&A of a recently released PBS documentary about the history and importance of vaccines in modern society. The event will be held Monday, Oct. 4, 6 – 8 p.m. MDT. Two Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, Sara Del Valle and Bette Korber, are interviewed in the documentary.
The first hour will feature a screening of the documentary, Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus, followed by an hourlong Q&A with four panelists:
- Pat Fitch, Ph.D., Associate Laboratory Director for Chemical, Earth, and Life Sciences and head of the Laboratory’s Special Office for COVID-19
- Sara Del Valle, Ph.D., Computational Epidemiologist
- Bette Korber, Ph.D., Theoretical Biologist
- Sara Pasqualoni, M.D., MPH, Medical Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Important details
- Event date/time: Monday, Oct. 4, 6-8 p.m. MDT
- Early registration is advised. Click here or paste this link into your browser: lanl-events.webex.com/lanl-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=eccd2ab1fa30edbfed3e19fa420ed7a4d
- To submit questions for the panel in advance, please email documentary@lanl.gov. You can also submit questions during the event.
- To view the documentary outside of the event, click here or paste this link into your browser: www.pbs.org/show/vaccination-misinformation-virus/
About Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is managed by Triad, a public service oriented, national security science organization equally owned by its three founding members: Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), and the Regents of the University of California (UC) for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.
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