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CHANCELLOR’S SPEAKER SERIES HOST TOWN HALL DISCUSSION WITH TIA MOWRY AND DR.
KIZZMEKIA CORBETT

Courtesy of N.C. A&T




Jamille Whitlow, TheYard Editor
March 3, 2021

Dr.Kizzmekia Corbett, lead developer of the Moderna vaccine and viral
immunologist at the National Institute of Health, educated listeners on the
efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and the African-American community. Tia
Mowry-Hardict, two-time NAACP Image award winner,  moderated the town hall
discussion. 

Mowry is primarily known for her television debut on Sister, Sister, a sitcom
based on discovering her long-lost twin sister and growing up in the same
household of their foster parents. 

Mowry asked how Dr.Corbett carries the weight of being at the forefront of
vaccine development.  Dr.Corbett does not feel constrained to change her
personality at her job. She continues to be herself in the workplace, regardless
of her race. 

“For me, wherever I am in the workplace, I bring myself and everything that
comes with me. I allow people to accept that or not,” said Dr.Corbett. 




Mowry thanked Dr.Corbett for representing women of color in the health field.
Reassuring Dr.Corbett’s prominence in vaccine research, Mowry questioned why
African-Americans should trust America’s health system. 






Mowry mentioned the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, an example of a recent health
violation that attributes to African-Americans’ distrust in the healthcare
system. During the experiment between 1932 and 1972, African-American men
thought they were receiving free healthcare but were unknowingly involved in a
study of untreated syphilis.



Dr.Corbett expressed how social injustice still occurs today, especially
health-related issues. Taking the stance of empathy and understanding, she is
confident about the vaccine because she understands the data from vaccine
development. 

“I get to see the data. I’ve been involved with vaccine development for so long,
that I can understand where and how to dissect the data other people cannot,”
said Dr.Corbett. “For me, it’s really helping other people understand the
science of things, but then also pulling them back and saying this is how the
institution is at least trying to change.” 

Dr.Corbett listed examples of how the institution is making changes: 

 * The FDA has black advisors on their board for approving vaccines such as the
   CEO of Meharry Medical College, Dr. James Hildreth 
 * Her leadership in developing the vaccine as a woman of color  
 * Increasing the enrollment of minority participants in clinical trials to have
   equal representation of side effects

The vaccine development for COVID-19 is a common concern amongst the general
public because of how fast the vaccine was created. In response to the vaccine’s
quick development, there is a pre-clinical stage before the vaccine is tested on
humans. Dr.Corbett has been involved in vaccine development for six years,
during that time, she uses family as an analogy to describe how the vaccine was
created. 

COVID-19 is a part of a viral family. To produce a vaccine, scientists had to
study viruses that were closely related to COVID. The fast production of the
COVID-19 vaccine is linked to scientists prior research on a similar virus to
COVID called MERS, a cousin virus of COVID-19. (Middle East respiratory
syndrome). 

“We had basically designed that sequence [vaccine] based on a protein from one
of the previous viruses that is related to the new virus. It was very clear how
we would design the vaccine,” said Dr.Corbett. 

During the town hall, Dr.Corbett used a model to explain how the COVID-19
vaccine does not insert the virus into your system but  helps your body to
recognize the virus as a threat by sending messengers (proteins) throughout the
body. 

Dismantling fears of side effects from the vaccine, severe side effects rarely
occur. The CDC has a database reporting adverse side effects from the vaccine
called Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). 

During Dec. 21, 2020 – Jan. 10, 2021, out of 4,041,396 people, the CDC reported
a low percentage of adverse events after the first dosage of the Moderna
vaccine. 

“ During the same period, reports of 1,266 (0.03%) adverse events after receipt
of the first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had been submitted to VAERS. ”

Concluding the town hall, Mowry allowed students to ask Dr.Corbett questions.
Dr.Padonda Webb thanked Mowry and Dr.Corbett for their discussion. 

Governor Roy Cooper is expanding vaccine eligibility on Mar. 24, including
people with high risk health issues and people living in group settings.
President Biden announced that by May, all Americans could have access to the
vaccine.


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