The widely-respected doctor says he took the shot 'as a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine'.
, received his COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, December 22, along with other senior officials and 6 health workers at a live streamed event at the National Institutes of Health .
He then gave a thumbs-up sign and clapped for his colleagues as he left the stage of an auditorium at the NIH's headquarters in Bethesda, a Washington suburb. "I want the American people to know that I have absolute and complete confidence in the integrity and the independence of the processes used by the FDA to approve these vaccines," said Azar, a political appointee of the Trump administration.
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