Roll Up Your Sleeves: Dr. Francis Collins on the COVID-19 Vaccine PH199

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher Brown MD, MS.

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and the only presidentially appointed director to serve more than one administration. In this role, Dr. Collins oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research. I have been a fan of Dr. Collins since I first read his book in medical school, and given his role in the response to COVID-19, I was curious to learn more about his insights on how we can bring the pandemic to an end. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, from how the COVID-19 vaccine works, the impact of Long COVID, how lifestyle and precision medicine can play a role in the prevention of disease, and how Dr. Collins reconciles his faith in God with his role as a scientist.

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0:00.0	And we didn't have time for that this time.
0:02.3	So 11 months, which is a lot faster than it's ever been done,
0:07.0	we had these approvals based upon those rigorous trials
0:11.3	that these mRNA vaccines were safe and effective.
0:14.3	And I got to say, when I've got that first call,
0:18.0	I cried, I mean, it's such an amazing response
0:23.8	to prayer and a lot of hard scientific work
0:27.1	that not only had worked, the efficacy was so much better
0:32.2	than anybody had guessed.
0:33.5	I thought we'd be lucky to get, you know,
0:35.2	60% effectiveness, 95, really.
0:44.3	Hello, and welcome to Pursuing Health.
0:46.3	I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician
0:48.4	and former CrossFit Games athlete.
0:50.6	Here, I bring you information and inspiration
0:53.1	to help bridge the gap between fitness and medicine
0:55.4	and support your journey toward your healthiest self.
0:58.3	I am so excited to share this conversation with you
1:01.4	that I had with Dr. Francis Collins,
1:03.4	who is the director of the National Institutes of Health.
1:06.6	Dr. Collins is a renowned scientist
1:08.5	having led the Human Genome Project from 1993 until 2008.
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