About to testify to to House @EnergyCommerce committee about a pathway to safe effective vaccines
3 key points:
1. Science has gotten us here so fast.
People are losing faith in vaccines because of politicization. We must not let that happen.
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We must let science, not politics drive the timeline to EUA
2. We need to ensure equitable distribution -- not repeat our mistakes from testing where pro teams, WH get testing but teachers and nurses don't
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3. We need to eliminate financial barriers to the vaccine. A third of Americans say they won't get the vaccine for financial reasons. We can't allow that to be a barrier.
If we do our job, we can have safe, effective vaccines that are widely available sometime in 2021
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Widespread vaccinations will allow us to bring the pandemic under control.
Because remember, vaccines don't save lives, vaccinations do.
And if we do our job, we can save lives, mend our economy, and let us all return to some semblance of normality.
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