Topic: Community Outreach

1 chapters across the catalog

47: Killer Wasp
46:59 - 50:12

47: Killer Wasp

Community Outreach and the "Vaccine Vixen" Strategy

Drs. Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins discuss the importance of enrolling African Americans and Latinos in Phase 3 vaccine trials using "community outreach" models developed during the AIDS crisis. The use of attractive, influential minority figures in the media to promote the vaccine is characterized as a marketing tactic. One specific example mentioned is a Houston-area media personality who was among the first to receive the Moderna trial dose.