12-15-2020, 01:16 PM
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla explains why he hasn’t taken COVID-19 vaccine yet
Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, has come out to explain why he hasn’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
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The first people in the US began receiving the vaccine on Monday, December 14, after the Food and Drug Administration granted the drug emergency use authorization last week Friday.
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Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was administered the vaccine on camera becoming the first in the nation to receive the shot.
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According to CEO Bourla, he hasn't received the vaccine because he doesn’t want to be seen as jumping the line.
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But he hasn’t ruled out getting the shot soon if it’ll improve confidence in the vaccine
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“I haven’t taken it yet and we are having an ethical committee dealing with the question of who is getting it,” Bourla told CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
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Bourla noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed that front-line health care workers and nursing home residents and staff should be prioritized.
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“Given that there are very strict allocation rules that the CDC has voted [on], we are very sensitive not to cut the queue and get vaccinated before,” Bourla said.
“People will believe much more [in the safety of the vaccine] if the CEO gets vaccinated,” he added.
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Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, has come out to explain why he hasn’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
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The first people in the US began receiving the vaccine on Monday, December 14, after the Food and Drug Administration granted the drug emergency use authorization last week Friday.
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Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was administered the vaccine on camera becoming the first in the nation to receive the shot.
Â
According to CEO Bourla, he hasn't received the vaccine because he doesn’t want to be seen as jumping the line.
Â
But he hasn’t ruled out getting the shot soon if it’ll improve confidence in the vaccine
Â
“I haven’t taken it yet and we are having an ethical committee dealing with the question of who is getting it,” Bourla told CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Â
Bourla noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed that front-line health care workers and nursing home residents and staff should be prioritized.
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“Given that there are very strict allocation rules that the CDC has voted [on], we are very sensitive not to cut the queue and get vaccinated before,” Bourla said.
“People will believe much more [in the safety of the vaccine] if the CEO gets vaccinated,” he added.
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