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  • former US presidents Barack Obama, George W.

  • Bush and Bill Clinton have all said they were willing to be vaccinated against Covert 19 on television in order to ease any public skepticism over the safety of the new vaccines.

  • In an interview with Sirius X M radio that aired Wednesday, Obama said he would do his vaccination on television so that quote people know that I trust the science.

  • Bush, Obama's predecessor and a Republican, is willing to get a vaccine on camera once the U.

  • S Food and Drug Administration grants emergency approval, according to Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff.

  • Democratic President Bill Clinton, who left office in 2000 and one, said he would take the vaccine as soon as it was available to him, and he will do it in a public setting.

  • An FDA panel of outside advisers is due to meet on December 10th to discuss whether to recommend emergency use authorization off a vaccine developed by Pfizer, with German partner beyond tech shown to be 95% effective at preventing illness.

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  • Health officials predict the first inoculations could start days or weeks later.

  • Madonna's vaccine, which employs similar technology as fighters, and was nearly 95% effective in its pivotal trial, is expected to be reviewed a week later.

  • This news comes as a significant minority of Americans are skeptical of the science behind vaccinations in wary of the record speed at which covert 19 vaccines have been developed.

  • Although 58% of Americans told Gallup pollsters last month they would get a coronavirus vaccine, up from 50% in September.

  • The White House did not immediately respond to questions about Trump's predecessors comments on Thursday.

  • But the office of Vice President Mike Pence referred reporters to earlier interviews in which Pence said he would be quote proud to take a vaccine the moment that it's available.

former US presidents Barack Obama, George W.

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