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Nervous About Covid-19 Vaccines? Here s How Scientists Are Feeling
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Brian Mendez, MD at the Memorial Healthcare System, receives a Pfizer-BioNtech covid-19 on December 14, 2020 in Miramar, Florida.
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty Images)
As the first covid-19 vaccines roll out across the U.S., some of us are chanting “inject me now!”, while others are anxious about potential side effects. I reached out to two dozen scientists and public health experts to see how they’re feeling about these vaccines. I asked them if they’re planning to get a vaccine when it’s available, as well as what concerns, if any, they might have and what they would say to people who are uneasy about vaccination.
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Brian Mendez, a doctor at the Memorial Healthcare System, prepares to receive a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine from Colleen Claffey, RN at Memorial Healthcare System, on Monday in Miramar. ( Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL A Tampa nurse was the first in Florida to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a Monday press conference at Tampa General Hospital. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use in the United States on Saturday.
Vanessa Arroyo is a frontline nurse at TGH s Taneja Family Global Emerging Diseases Institute, a new facility dedicated to battling coronavirus and other infectious diseases.