COVID-19 Vaccine Update 2: Vaccine Safety with Dr. Stephen J. Thomas

BNT162b2 by Pfizer/BioNTech and mRNA1273 by Moderna are vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 that have been granted emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Besides the efficacy and effectiveness of these vaccines, one of the major questions everyone is asking is whether or not these vaccines are safe. Dr. Stephen J. Thomas of SUNY Upstate University sat down to answer just that question. Dr. Thomas is the co-author of the paper titled "Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine) featured in the New England Journal of Medicine and he is the Coordinating Principal Investigator for the world-wide Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial, thus he is probably the best person to answer the safety question. Special thanks to Ms. Kathleen Froio, Assistant Director of Public and Media Relations at SUNY Upstate Medical University for helping to make this happen. Listen up and enjoy! Check out the links below (including the article by my good friend and colleague, Alexa Mieses-Malchuk and my Mentor Dr. Teresa Smith) for more great information pertaining to the COVID-19 vaccines.   The Oprah Magazine- This Doctor Who Just Got the COVID-19 Vaccine Has a Message for Black and Latinx Patients https://www.oprahmag.com/life/health/a35034365/covid-vaccine-doctor-experience/?fbclid=IwAR339i_YnijwWF24Im_rreWXKVdlilicTHB0LVoLNqEx4teb6GYtKl8_TIs   New York Daily News- Take the Vaccine Like I did: A Black doctor urges her community to protect itself from COVID https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-take-the-vaccine-like-i-did-20201223-btu5bd7bqjhtlhd3abjx53y5lq-story.html   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Ensuring the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety.html