This descriptive study compares the effect of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vs mRNA-1273 (Moderna) on the reported cases of my
in our country, including the logistical roadblocks to shots and communicating with a fearful public. The COVID vaccines have been widely shown to be safe and effective, unlike some historical examples that had significant associated risks. But what can stories of failures from the past teach us about how to fairly administer them?
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Future Tense for a conversation with Atul Gawande and Helene Gayle, co-chair of the National Academies framework for vaccine distribution, about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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On Dec. 13, 2002, President George W. Bush went on television and announced that military personnel serving in high-risk areas would be getting smallpox shots. Americans were no longer regularly inoculated against variola, a virus the WHO had declared eradicated in 1980, and Bush and his administration were convinced Iraq might use it as a weapon in the coming war. The president told viewers he would get a shot himself, to