Fauci promotes COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy among African Americans

In a bid to instil confidence among African-American communities over safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine, US top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said that one of major vaccine candidates has been worked on by an African- American woman.

In an interview with CNN, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NI) said that vaccine which has shown “absolutely exquisite levels” of efficacy against vel coronavirus was actually developed by his team’s Dr Barney Graham and Dr Kizzmekia Corbett. 

He was reportedly referring to COVID-19 vaccine that will be released by Moderna. Corbett, who is also le scientist for National Institute's of Health’s coronavirus vaccine research has reportedly said that people who have doubts regarding safety of vaccine have a right to ask questions. 

“ very vaccine that's one of two that has absolutely exquisite levels -- 94 to 95 per cent efficacy against clinical disease and almost 100 per cent efficacy against a serious disease that is shown to be clearly safe -- that vaccine was actually developed in my institute's vaccine research centre by a team of scientists led by Dr Barney Graham and his close colleague, Dr Kizzmekia Corbett, or Kizzy Corbett," Fauci said.

“So, first thing you might want to say to my African American brors and sisters is that vaccine that you're going to be taking was developed by an African American woman. And that is just a fact," he ded.

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Fauci has previously expressed his willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine publicly. director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has joined former US presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton in ir public vaccination pledge to assure people that doses can be trusted.  As per Newsweek report, Fauci has said he would be "more than happy" to take a COVID-19 vaccine dos in front of people and stressed that it will be safe if and when approved.

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Im: AP