Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar talks about the results of a coronavirus vaccine trial by Moderna: “We’ve already been producing to have enough by the end of December to vaccinate 20 million of our most vulnerable citizens.” From an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on 11/16/2020. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your thoughts on the video.
spring the secretary of health and human
services alex as our secretary israel
thanks for joining us
again this morning the second week in
rome we're starting out with good news
on a vaccine
yeah george i'm just delighted to be
with you first on gma to break the news
about this moderna vaccine
i stood with president trump in march
with tony fauci in the very lab at nih
where we engineered this vaccine on
january 13th and
the president said back in march that he
hoped to have a vaccine in 12 months and
tony fauci interrupted him and said well
maybe 18 if we're optimistic and here we
are
10 months from the date when this virus
hit our shore and we've got a
second 90 plus effective vaccine for the
american people
this is really a historic day uh and we
hope that uh because of moderna and
pfizer's vaccines which we've already
been producing
to have enough by the end of december to
vaccinate 20 million of our most
vulnerable citizens so that's 20 million
by the end of december who's going to
get it first
uh well we're going to follow the
guidance once the full data package is
in
that we're going to follow the guidance
of cdc uh and they'll look at is it
senior citizens and nursing homes is it
first responders and health care workers
it'll be wherever it's going to add the
most value according to the data and the
science and the recommendations of our
experts how about broader
