Trump, Pfizer CEO, and Fauci eager to take COVID-19 vaccine

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• The initial batch of vaccines arrived, and two volunteer health workers in New York were among the first to get the shots.
• To boost trust in the first COVID-19 vaccines, the Pfizer CEO said he’s willing to get the injection in public, while Dr. Fauci and President Trump expressed they are also ready for the shot.
• With the health care systems set to receive the first consignment of vaccines, delivery will be weekly until all frontliners, doctors, and workers get their shot.

The first vaccines in New York were administered live to two volunteer frontliners serving at Northwell Health. The big question, though, is how to persuade the general public to have a shot themselves.

CNN reports that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNN and other high-profile people have the willingness to take the immunization. The CEO also decided to volunteer as the move would help increase the confidence in the vaccine.

Bourla also noted that the distribution restrictions need to be followed, and he wanted to make sure that everything will be in the right queue.

On Monday, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, Dr Anthony Fauci, meanwhile, told MSNBC that he is prepared to take the injection in public.

Another notable personality who is willing to have the injection is none other than President Donald Trump himself, adding that he would wait for the proper time. Trump’s remarks were following the reports saying White House officials would be getting the first batch of vaccines before the public gets their shots.

The primary vaccine to defend against coronavirus was arriving at airports and was delivered at health agencies, and some of the initial shots time were given early Monday.

The University Hospital in New Jersey was among the first two in the region to get its delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and Bourla told Yahoo Finance that for the first round, the health system was allocated with 3,000 doses.

Dr Shereef Elnahal explained that the shipments would arrive on a weekly basis up until every health staff gets vaccinated, adding that not all ICU workers will have a shot in a single day.

The move is also due to the potential side effects that emerged during the trials as reported by volunteers, including fever, headache, and fatigue, which are also typical with other immunizations.

Dr Elnahal added that they are tapped in administering shots to all community health workers, doctors, and physicians in the upcoming weeks.

To eliminate any potential misperception for dosing, as Moderna’s (mRNA) injection is anticipating authorization within the week, health care systems are only getting from Pfizer, as explained by Elnahal.

But before distributing to the hospitals, a team of logistics specialists at FedEx and UPS had to closely monitor the temperature of the products every time.

Kate Gutmann, SVP of UPS Healthcare and Sciences, confirmed with Yahoo Finance that handling went well the first shipments, including transport from East Coast to West Coast.

Source: AOL