"I'd be the first in line to take it." Pittsburghers ready to take COVID-19 vaccine Updated: 3:27 PM EST Dec 13, 2020 Share Updated: 3:27 PM EST Dec 13, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KATELYN: EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO TODAY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THE VACCINE. THEY DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND WE TOOK THOSE STRAIGHT TO AN EXPERT. WHEN I ASKED PEOPLE IN SQUIRREL HILL IF THEY’D TAKE PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE, THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE FDA, THE ANSWERS CAME EASY. >> OF COURSE WE WOULD TAKE IT. I’D BE THE FIRST IN LINE TO TAKE IT. >> THE BEST SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD HAVE DESIGNED IT. I THINK YOU’D HAVE TO BE AN IDIOT NOT TO TAKE IT. KATELYN: UPMC CANCER VIROLOGIST, DOCTOR PATRICK MOORE, WAS ON THE BOARD THAT RECOMMENDED THE PFIZER VACCINE RECEIVE AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FDA. WE TOOK YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE VACCINE TO HIM. >> THEY SAY IT TAKES A WHILE TO GO THROUGH TRIALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHENEVER SOMEBODY DOES A VACCINE, SO THIS WAS PRETTY SPED UP. >> THE THING THAT WAS STRIKING WAS THIS VACCINE IS 95% EFFECTIVE. AND THAT’S TREMENDOUS IT’S AS HIGH AS ANY OTHER VACCINE THAT WE COMMONLY SEE SO THAT’S ONE THING THAT REALLY TOLD US THAT THIS WAS LIKELY TO BE WORKING NOW WELL ENOUGH TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR EPIDEMIC. >> WILL WE KNOW IF IT’S A YEARLY ONE VACCINE THAT WE WOULD NEED? SORT OF LIKE THE FLU SHOT? OR IF IT’S A ONE IN DONE TYPE THING? >> WE DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET. WE SIMPLY DON’T. WE HOPE THAT IT’S GOING TO BE LONG LASTING AND OF COURSE WHAT WE REALLY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN EXTERMINATE THIS VIRUS EVENTUALLY. KATELYN: BUT PEOPLE I TALKED TO SAID EVEN WITH SOME UNKNOWNS, WITH THE FDA’S BACKING, THEY FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO TAKE IT. >> I’M A BIG BELIEVER IN SCIENCE AND I THINK THAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS PANDEMIC OVER, SO I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE THE CHANCES WITH THE VACCINE THAN KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS. KATELYN: DAISY LEVINE ALSO ASKED IF THE VACCINE COULD AFFECT FERTILITY. DOCTOR MOORE TOLD ME, IT HASN’T BEEN TESTED IN PREGNANT WOMEN, SO THERE’S NO DATA TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS IT, BUT HE SAID THERE’S NOTHING HE’S AWARE OF THAT WOULD MAKE HIM THINK THAT’S LIKELY TO