walgreens that. de joining us now is doctor who is a doctor of educational psychology. joining us from walgreens, kizzmekia, this is a very exciting day. i really wasn t sure that this was going to happen. what is it like for? you are vaccinating america one shot at a time and this was a big conversion for you. you know, every single time someone decides to be vaccinated it is extremely exciting for me. i will never get tired of hearing that people have made the choice to be vaccinated. and moreover, whatever my voice could be the beacon of that change. i am so happy, i m thankful for matthew in his mom for coming out today. and of course i was so thrilled to come all the way to virginia to make sure that it happened. matthew, how do you feel? i feel good, sir. so, kids-y obviously chase
coronaviruses before covid-19 existed. casey colbert was ready last january to quickly develop a vaccine model that moderna used for their covid-19 vaccine. doctor covid has already saved hundreds of millions of lives with the moderna vaccine, and sometimes she has to do it one shot at a time. doctor core bit met matthew mallory at msnbc s 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, dr. joan cephas met dr. accorded at a walgreens in virginia, where doctor core bit watched as they both received the moderna vaccine that she had helped develop. here s our interview with dr. key zeke orbit, matthew mallory, and dr. joan cephas at the
the ends of saying, yes, i m going to go ahead and do it. and, dr., was there anything in particular that matthew said that drew you closer to this decision? as we discussed what happened at the town hall and the information that he gathered from attending the town hall, we talked about how we like to travel. and that one of my motivating factors and getting the vaccine was that i loved to travel. and it became very evident to me than in order to travel. it was almost mandated for us to get the vaccine. so that was a motivating factor that s how we came to the decision. and i shared with matthew that if he d get the vaccine, not get it. we do it as a pair. how easy or difficult was it to find an appointment to get the vaccine?
last, i guess you could say six months, as i ve talked to people all over the country, mostly virtually around their reluctance or inquisitiveness with this vaccine is that you really do need that person that is going to chase you down after a town hall that person to chase you down after a town hall to make sure your questions are answered. that s what i feel like my purpose is with matthew and his mother and beyond, it is very important for us to make sure again and again we listen to people and we leave no question unanswered regarding their questions around the vaccine. matthew, when you went home from the town hall, what did you tell your mother about it? how did the two of you discuss this? we talked about how my experience was going to the town hall. let her know i got a lot of information about the vaccine, and going and saying i m going to go ahead and do it.
summer is going to be so important for all of us. dr. bhadelia, thank you very much for joining us once again. we always appreciate it. thank you. and coming up, the developer of the moderna vairk, dr. kizzy corbett knows the way to be the coronavirus is one vaccination at a time and that is why she rushed off the stage after our msnbc town hall to talk to matthew mallory who had doubts about getting vaccinated and that is why when matthew decided to get vaccinated, with his mother, dr. corbett was there with them. our interview with them all is next. zero-commission trades for online u.s. stocks and etfs.