Lots of people I know in real life have asked for my thoughts on the vaccine.

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The science details are out there. You can easily find great explanations and I encourage you to do so.

Here's a great start: https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1332425791854952449?s=20

At this point it feels like the options are either get the vaccine, or get COVID.

I have spent most of 2020 seeing up close what COVID can do, and I don't want to tangle with it if there is any option that can reduce my risk.

I am a pulmonary and critical care doctor--not an immunologist, not an infectious disease specialist.

These leading scientists have no reservations, so I am going to practice what I preach and *believe the science experts*.

There's nothing I could come up with that they don't know way more about. There's nothing I could protest that they haven't already considered or thought through.

I'm not going to tell you to stop being nervous--it's ok to be nervous.

But please, when your time comes around, consider the options logically, have courage, and help us finish this.