The Downside to Getting Out Two COVID Vaccines So Fast Kaiser Health News
By Arthur Allen, KHN
As I prepared to get my shot in mid-December as part of a COVID-19 vaccine trial run by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, I considered the escape routes. Bailing out of the trial was a very real consideration since two other vaccines, made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, had been deemed safe and effective for emergency approval.
Leaving the trial would be a perfectly sane decision for me or anyone who had volunteered for an ongoing COVID experiment. Why risk getting COVID if I was given a placebo, a shot with no vaccine in it? The way tests are designed, I might not be told whether I received the vaccine until the clinical trial is over, months from now.
Dr Anthony Fauci said he had no idea that his wife of 35 years had organized a surprise Zoom party, inviting some 15 people from around the world to wish him happy 80th birthday on Sunday.
US top disease official Fauci receives Moderna vaccine
Posted : 2020-12-23 13:38
Updated : 2020-12-23 13:38
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. AP-Yonhap
The top US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, and the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, on Tuesday publicly received a first dose of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19. I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine, and I want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated, so we can have a veil of protection in this country that would end this pandemic, Fauci said moments before the vaccine was administered at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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(Photo : Getty Images/Patrick Semansky-Pool) BETHESDA, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 22: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks as he holds up his sleeve in preparation to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health on December 22, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States top infectious disease expert, and other leading government health officials received their first jab of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
Fauci, Health Officials Receive Moderna Vaccine
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director was administered the shot at around 10 AM ET at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.