What You Need to Know About Pfizer ' s COVID-19 Vaccine

What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine University of Arizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya says the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and he will take it when it becomes available. Mikayla Mace Tuesday University Communications201208_TMC Mock Vaccine.jpg Cars line up during a COVID-19 vaccination distribution run-through at Tucson Medical Center. Pima CountyHealthCOVID-19 Media contact(s)Mikayla Mace Science Writer, University Communicationsmikaylamace@arizona.edu520-621-1878 Researcher contact(s)Deepta Bhattacharya Department of Immunobiologydeeptab@email.arizona.edu520-626-8088Americans began receiving Pfizer ' s COVID-19 vaccine this week, and many people are eagerly awaiting their turn at vaccination, which they see as a ticket to normalcy.Operation Warp Speed – a government-funded effort to develop and deliver the initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine by January – launched in May, but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began pouring funds into different drug companies ' vaccine efforts back in March. Pfizer ' s is the first of four U.S.-funded vaccine candidates in phase three trials to get Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization. Authorization of the Moderna vaccine is expected soon.deepta.jpg Deepta BhattacharyaDeepta Bhattacharya, an associate professor in the University of ArizonaDepartment of Immunobiology and a member of theuniversity ' sBIO5 Institute, studies immune responses to infections and vaccin...
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