<Anchor> As the



vaccination date approaches, there are many things to take care of, and there are voices of concern. Then, let's take a look at whether the US, which has already received 10 million vaccinations, is doing well.

The United States also went through several trials and errors in the vaccination process, so there will be some points for us to refer to.



Medical reporter Cho Dong-chan heard the stories of local medical staff in the United States.



<Reporter> I am



Professor Kim Dong-wook and Eric Nolan Door, a full-time physician in the Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical University Hospital.



Last year, 23 million confirmed cases of Corona 19 in the U.S. and 380,000 died.



[Kim Dong-wook/Professor of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical University, USA: There were so many patients that life felt like walking in a minefield.]



Eric gave the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on the 16th of last month.



[Eric Nolan Door / Full-time doctor at Boston Medical University, USA: My arm was swollen and sore.

It hurts more than the flu vaccine.

The swollen area lasted for several days, but it wasn't unbearable.]



Three weeks later, the second dose was taken with antipyretic.



[Eric Nolan Door / Full-time doctor at Boston Medical University, USA: I felt a fever and chills all night long.

Still, the second day was much better than the first day.]



Professor Kim has been given a moder or vaccine once.



[Kim Dong-wook/Professor at Boston Medical University, USA: I had muscle pain a day or two after being hit.

Other than that, there were no major side effects.]



He said he couldn't choose the type of vaccine.



[Kim Dong-wook/Professor at Boston Medical University, USA: Yes, you don't have the right to choose.]



All of the medical staff in the hospitals who work in the hospital have been vaccinated, but the working environment is the same.



[Eric Nolan Door / Full-time



Doctor of

Boston Medical School, USA: Wearing complete personal protective equipment and still following the corona protocols we have adhered to.]

Recently, a healthy American doctor asked about a case of death 16 days after getting vaccinated.



[Kim Dong-wook/Professor of Boston Medical University: It is not yet known whether the cause of death itself was 100% related to the vaccine.]



[Eric Nolan Door / Full-time doctor at Boston Medical University, USA: All matters come with risks and benefits.

There are no surgery or vaccines that are 100% risk-free.] In the



United States, 10 million people have completed their first doses, but far less than planned.



[Eric Nolan Door / Full-time doctor at Boston Medical University, USA: The process of reaching the vaccine is more complex in the first place, but the difficulties in this regard have been underestimated.]



Applying a frozen distribution process called cold chain, until the medical staff skillfully handled the vaccine. There was a lot of trial and error.



Fake news, such as that the genetic component of the vaccine adversely affects human genes, was also analyzed as the cause of slowing the vaccination rate.



[Kim Dong-wook/Professor of Boston Medical University, USA: R&A (gene) itself does not have any effect on our genes because it is consumed just after making (antibody).]



These are confirmed as well as securing the amount of vaccine and inoculating it. He stressed the importance of reducing the size of the child and reducing the number of deaths.



(Video coverage: Cho Changhyun·Shin Donghwan, video editing: Choi Eunjin)