Dr. Corbett Convinces MSNBC Town Hall Participant To Get Covid Vaccine - The Last Word - MSNBC
During MSNBC's town hall, "Vaccinating America," Matthew Mallory said he was hesitant about getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Then, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett convinced him to take the vaccine she helped develop. And now Matthew and his mother have received their first shot of the Moderna vaccine. Aired on 05/20/2021.
Moderna Vaccine Developer Convinces Mother & Son To Get Vaccine - The Last Word - MSNBC
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, who helped create the Moderna vaccine, “was the key” to convincing Matthew Mallory and his mother, Dr. Joan Cephas, to get the vaccine. Matthew and Dr. Cephas join Lawrence to explain their initial reluctance to the vaccine. Dr. Corbett discusses why it’s important to “leave no question unanswered” to keep convincing Americans to get vaccinated. Aired on 05/20/2021.
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... loved this story. I thought it was interesting that Matthew's mother had a doctorate... I once thought of anti-vac as "uneducated" as in level of education... but I have a friend with post-grad teaching credentials that still has not decided to get her vaccine. She is cagey about why... not a Trump fan, but she has an autistic son; that may be the reason. I will have to see if she saw Lawrence's show!
And I had much the same reaction, I would have figured that Matthew's doctorate Mom would have convinced him, rather than vice versa. But it did have a happy ending and I agree it was pretty cool that they got to meet Dr. Corbett - right after they got their vaccines. 
And it baffles me why anyone would be vaccine reluctant at this point - on MSNBC tonight they said it's far from over. People may be ready to move on and just go back to "normal," but it was reported that there are still 30,000 new cases every day. 
... hopefully, we can get more people to get the vaccine. If enough people refuse, the virus will have a greater chance to mutate; this leads to a greater chance of variations that can beat the vaccines... If enough people in Mississippi or Alabama refuse, a virus variant could start there and we're back in the pandemic... I am optimistic, though!
Though not nearly as much as before I was vaccinated - which I was afraid would never happen. The vaccine took awhile to be available here in Northeastern New York. I only knew two friends who got it early, one who works in the hospital ER who had to drive downstate to a major hospital and another who teaches who had to drive across the entire state!
But then pharmacies started offering them, that's when I got mine. And now we have a state site in the old Sears store at the nearby local mall which is doing a brisk business and started accepting walk-ins 3 weeks ago. And that's when I convinced my reluctant brother to get his. Tomorrow I'm taking him back to get Pfizer shot #2!
Eleven weeks ago — to the minute — I got my second Moderna jab. She made that possible, and I can’t thank her enough!
And I'm also grateful to the good doctor - she has saved millions of lives. And I got a kick out of learning that Dr. Fauci got the Moderna vaccine, too! 
Speaking of vaccines, I just took my brother for his second Pfizer shot today. He isn't anti vax, just vax reluctant. But I managed to talk him into it when they opened up a nearby state-run site in the old Sears store at the nearby mall. When started accepting walk-ins, I persuaded my brother to go, guess he must have gotten sick of my nagging, LOL. 
And today I was pleased to see that they're still doing a booming business! Older people, families, and while I was waiting outside I saw a couple of kids come out with their moms and pose for a photo outside - so the 12-15 year-olds are now getting vaccinated, too!
Dr. Fauci said to get whatever was available to you first, so that's what I got, managed to get an appointment a little south of here at CVS. And I was kinda tickled to learn that Dr. Fauci got the Moderna, too! 