going to get your second shot, then two weeks after, considered fully vaccinated. where do you want to go if you can travel in six weeks? actually i have a trip planned, planning to go to jamaica. oh, and dr. corbett, you have a family relationship with jamaica? i do. i do. my brother-in-law is from jamaica, so i m very excited that matthew is going to be able to experience jamaica. told him i m going to hop in his suitcase because i need a break. part of your life now. what do you want to say to kizzee today, she worked years and years to develop this vaccine, worked very hard, more than overtime when covid-19 hit figuring out exactly how to
kizzy corbett was ready last january to quickly develop a vaccine model that moderna used for their covid-19 vaccine. dr. corbett has saved hundreds of millions of lives with the moderna vaccine and sometimes she has to do it one shot at a time. dr. corbett met matthew mallory at msnbc town hall vaccinating america three weeks ago but was unable to convince him that night to get the vaccine, then a week later matthew and his mother met dr. corbett at a walgreens in virginia where dr. corbett watched as they both received the moderna vaccine that she had helped develop. here is our interview with dr. kizzy corbett, matthew mallory and dr. joan seafuss at the walgreens that day. joining us now. dr. kizzy corbett, matthew mallory and matthew s mother dr.
became more educated and dr. corbett really inspired me to get the vaccine. now, you just listened to dr. corbett on the town hall and then today when you met her at walgreens, that is the first time you ve had a chance to talk to her beyond what you heard on the town hall, isn t that right? that s correct. yeah. and so when you say dr. corbett was the key to convincing you to get this vaccine? yes, dr. corbett was the key because she was the key that convinced my son to get it so it was like a snow ball effect. she convinced my son to get it and then it snowballed to me for me to get it. kizzy, what have you learned about reluctance and you have learned anything new about reluctance in talking to matthew and his mother? you know, lawrence, one of the things that i found in the
corbett. and you re a doctor of educational psychology, so rate for me the educational psychology that dr. corbett used on your son and you to get you into that walgreens today. well, i looked at the town hall meeting and i was very impressed with the information that was being shared by dr. corbett and after talking to my son matthew, after the show that was what really inspired me to go ahead and get the vaccine. now, dr. seafuss, kizzy and i know about matthew s reluctance. why were you reluctant or why did it take you this long to get the vaccine? um, i was listening to some of the conspiracy theories and it is not for sure the effectiveness of the vaccine. so as i got more information,
i ve been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, man, you ve got a memory like an elephant. it s really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. dr. kizzy corbett and her team at national institute of health spent years working fon a vaccine for coronavirus before covid-19 existed.