In her weekly Q&A, senior writer and columnist Lisa Gray queries frequent guest Dr. Peter Hotez for his assessment as Texas pushes to reopen. Hotez discusses his alarm that the Houston area does not yet have the public health troops — testers and contact tracers — in place to reopen, and the deadly consequences that might have. Plus, is Moderna's press release announcement of a promising trial result worth $29 billion? Will Operation Warp Speed realistically yield a vaccine any time soon?

Read stories by Lisa Gray

Support the show: https://offers.houstonchronicle.com/?offerid=125&origin=newsroom&ipid=podcast

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.