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“People like Anthony Fauci, whom I know and have worked with, I completely trust,” Obama said. “So if Anthony Fauci tells me this vaccine is safe and it can vaccinate, you know, immunize you so you don’t get Covid, I will absolutely take it.”
“I promise you that when it’s made for people with less risk, I’ll take it,” he said.
During the interview, Obama appeared to acknowledge the very real problem of vaccine vacillation, which some health experts fear could cause minorities, who have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, avoid receiving a vaccine.
“My understanding is that you know historically, everything going back to the Tuskegee experiments and so forth, why the African American community would have some skepticism. But the fact is, vaccines are the reason we don’t do it. We don’t have it anymore. Polio, the reason we don’t have a lot of children dying from measles and smallpox and diseases that used to decimate entire populations and communities, “he said.
The former president said he has no problem setting an example to receive a vaccine once one is available.
“I may end up taking it on TV or filming, just so people know that I trust this science, and what I don’t trust is getting Covid,” he said.
Previous studies have revealed that minority communities have higher death rates from Covid-19, are more exposed, and are more vulnerable in part due to pre-existing conditions.
Obama also said that in addition to promising vaccines, another reason to be hopeful is the incoming administration with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“In terms of Covid now, obviously at the end of the day, one of the best things about having Joe Biden and Kamala Harris back in charge on January 20, is that they will also put scientists and medical experts in charge,” Obama added. .
