“America’s doctor,” Anthony Fauci, gets Moderna vaccine

Enlarge / Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, receives the Moderna Inc. COVID-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg)

The country's top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, received his first dose of Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during a livestreamed event Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health.

Fauci, who will turn 80 this December 24, has been the country's steady public health adviser throughout the pandemic, and many people have hinged their acceptance of any vaccine on Fauci's personal approval.

The esteemed doctor is also director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, which co-developed the vaccine with Moderna.

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