Dr. Fauci Says Nurses are the, "Heroes of the Pandemic," and Responds To Nurse Questions – Nurse.org

Posted: Published on January 4th, 2021

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We all watched as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID and Lead Member of the Coronavirus Task Force received the COVID-19 vaccine on camera last week. And while millions of nurses have already received the COVID vaccine and many others are still waiting for their turn, plenty of nurses still have questions.

Nurses are not only healthcare providers who have tirelessly worked the frontlines of the pandemic; they are also healthcare consumers with valid questions about the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines that were recently approved for emergency use by the FDA.

Alice Benjamin, APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, sat down with Dr. Anthony Fauci, on December 29 in an exclusive interview on Nurse.orgs Nurse News Now to address some of the most urgent questions currently being asked by the nursing community.

In this short segment, Nurse Alice tells Dr. Fauci that "nurses have a felt left out of the conversation and a little under-appreciated, what would you like to say to the millions of nurses working in the trenches during this pandemic?"

"You are all the heroes of this outbreak, I don't think there's anyone that can have any appreciation of what goes on in the trenches without realizing that the extraordinary effort, courage, devotion, commitment of the nursing profession as well as other healthcare providers is absolutely essential to our response. And, everybody in the world needs to recognize the importance of what nurses do," Dr. Fauci responded.

Dr. Fauci shares that there are several other vaccines in the works. In this clip he discusses how each of the following vaccines works,

Some of the other nurse-submitted questions that Dr. Fauci answered during the interview include,

Nurse News Now is a weekly live stream on Nurse.orgs social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) featuring discussions led by our host, Nurse Alice, about trending topics that matter most to nurses. The live stream takes place every Tuesday at 6 pm PST/9 pm EST

All previous episodes are shared on the Nurse News Now webpage.

Alice Benjamin, APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, also known as Nurse Alice, is a cardiac clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner with over 23 years of healthcare experience. She is a community health activist and freelance media health expert with NBC.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., NIAID Director, has served as one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, since January of 2020. He is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. According to the New York Times, Dr. Fauci is one of the most trusted medical figures in the United States.

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