D-Day; Pfizer CEO on Vaccine Roll-out: ‘Trust science’

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🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

An historic day after months of research and clinical trials, the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine delivery is underway, with millions of doses being distributed across the country. CNBC Senior Health & Science Reporter Meg Tirrell joins Joe Kernen, Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin with special guest Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla. Bourla describes the rollout of the life-saving inoculation, reaching dosing goals and combating vaccine hesitancy.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on our
0:05.8	podcast, Distribution Day is here.
0:09.2	It's December 14th, write it down. Vaccines are on the way.
0:12.4	Following emergency use authorization on the way.
0:12.5	Following emergency use authorization from the FDA,
0:15.2	Pfizer's COVID vaccine ships out.
0:17.7	In total, enough for 20 million people in December,
0:20.9	more and more going out through the first quarter.
0:24.0	The CEO of Pfizer Albert Borla joins us on the day his company makes history.
0:28.8	It's a great moment for us.
0:30.2	After nine months of a global pandemic, the largest immunization effort in history begins.
0:36.0	The first doses given to health care workers today.
0:39.0	This is a vaccine that was developed without cutting corners from a company with 71 years of credentials.
0:47.0	It's Monday, December 14th.
0:49.0	Vaccine Day 2020.
0:50.8	Squawk Pond begins right now.
0:54.0	Good morning everybody.
0:55.0	Welcome to Squawk Box.
0:56.6	This is C.
0:57.6	I'm Becky Quick, along with Joe Hermann and Andrew Ross Sork.
1:00.4	This is D-Day, which is the term that you use anytime that there's a military front where we're going to be taking a significant strategic action.
1:08.0	That's what this is. This is the turning point when we really fight back against COVID.
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