>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M FRANCIS COLLINS, DIRECTOR OF NIH. IT'S OUR GREAT PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS, AND HER HUSBAND, THE SECOND GENTLEMAN, DOUG EMHOFF. A WARM NIH WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. I DID A LITTLE SNOOPING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT, AND LEARNED TO MY DELIGHT, YOUR MOTHER SHYMALA WAS A WELL-KNOWN BREAST CANCER RESEARCHER. >> YES. >> FUNDED I'M GLAD TO SAY BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Ph.D. AT UC-BERKELEY, WORKED IN A NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS, MOSTLY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY. >> RIGHT. >> I READ A PAPER. SHE WORKED IN THIS AREA PARTICULARLY PROGESTERONE AND ESTROGEN, IT'S WONDERFUL OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT HAS THAT KIND OF FAMILY CONNECTION. WE'RE PROUD INDEED TO NOTICE THAT. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE YOU GET THE REASON YOU CAME HERE, A BIT OF A JAB, HOW NIH HAS PLAYED SUCH A CENTRAL ROLE IN RESPONDING TO THIS COVID CRISIS, WHICH SADLY HAS NOW TAKEN MORE THAN 420,000 DEATHS, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO FURTHER LIMIT THAT. THE VACCINE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE YOUR SECOND DOSE OF BASED ON THIS MESSENGER RNA EFFORT WAS REALLY DEVELOPED INITIALLY RIGHT HERE ON THIS CAMPUS, IN THE VACCINE RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH IS OVER THERE, A COUPLE HUNDRE YARDS, WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT MODERNA WHICH DID THE INFORMATION, THIS CENTER AND THIS CLINICAL CENTER WERE CRITICAL IN DESIGNING THAT AND DOING THE EARLY PHASE 1 TRIALS, PATIENTS IN THOSE TRIALS CAME TO OUR CLINICAL CENTER, THE LARGEST RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD RIGHT HERE. SOMETIMES CALLED THE HOUSE OF HOPE BY PEOPLE. >> YES. >> WHO COME TO THE NIH CLINICAL CENTER. AS I SEE IT NOW, 23 MILLION-PLUS AMERICANS HAVE IN FACT BEEN IMMUNIZED. WE'RE NOW GETTING ABOUT ONE MILLION A DAY, WE WANT TO SEE THAT GO UP FURTHER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN, FOR ENCOURAGING THAT GOAL. AND THAT'S NOT ALL NIH HAS BEEN ENGAGEED IN. WE'RE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND TESTING THERAPEUTICS AND HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS THERE WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, AND ALSO WITH DIAGNOSTICS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE HOME TESTING FOR THIS VIRUS, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL, A BIG PRIORITY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE DR. TONY FAUCI OVER IN THE CORNER. >> YES. >> OUR AMAZING SPOKESPERSON AND AMAZING SCIENTIST PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR IN THE WORLD. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HIM IN THIS ORGANIZATION, HE AND I ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING OVER THE LAST 13 MONTHS. WE'RE GLAD WE CAN HOST YOU FOR YOUR SECOND DOSE, FIRST DOSE I WAS WAS IN SOUTHEAST D.C D.C D.C., SO WELCOME. THERE'S PEOPLE WATCHING THE VIDEO, 40,000 STAFF ARE EXCITED YOU'RE PART OF OUR PARTICULAR INSTITUTION, THIS AFTERNOON. >> I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SHOT, HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL GET THE VACCINATION AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARE ABLE. NURSE CHAN, THANK YOU. >> I'M JUDY CHAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE AND DOING THIS FOR US. >> OF COURSE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DO NOT. >> YOU MAY GET ENHANCED REACTION, YOUR BODY IS BUILDING IMMUNITY. >> THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. >> READY? >> YES, I'M READY. >> OKAY. >> HOW WAS THAT? YOU DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT IN. [LAUGHTER] >> I HEAR THAT A LOT. I HAVE TO PUT A BAND-AID ON THERE. >> IT WAS REALLY PAINLESS. >> YEAH. >> I'M CONGRATULATE TO HEAR THAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO I'VE HAD THE VACCINE. IT REALLY WAS PAINLESS, RELATIVELY PAINLESS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE AT NIH FOR ALL YOU DO, AS YOU SAID. SO GROWING UP, MY MOTHER, OUR MOTHER, WOULD GO -- WE ALWAYS KNEW MOMMY WAS GOING TO THIS PLACE CALLED BETHESDA. MOMMY'S GOING TO BETHESDA. WE'RE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. MY MOTHER WOULD GO TO BETHESDA. AND OF COURSE WHAT SHE WAS DOING IS COMING HERE TO NIH. AND SHE WAS IN THE BIOCHEMICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY STUDY SECTION, A PEER REVIEWER, AND MY MOTHER HAD TWO GOALS IN HER LIFE. TO RAISE HER TWO DAUGHTERS AND END BREAST CANCER. IN FACT, LITTLE KNOWN FACT, MY FIRST JOB WAS CLEANING PIPETTES IN MY MOTHER'S LAB. SHE WOULD TAKE US THERE WITH HER AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS, AND I GREW UP THEN AROUND SCIENCE IN A WAY THAT WAS TAUGHT TO ME BY SOMEONE PROFOUNDLY PASSIONATE ABOUT A GIFT WHICH IS THE GIFT THAT SCIENTISTS GIVE TO US, IN THAT THEIR WHOLE REASON FOR BEING IS TO SEE WHAT CAN BE UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN. THEIR WHOLE REASON FOR BEING IS TO PURSUE WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SAKE OF IMPROVING HUMAN LIFE AND CONDITION. IT IS SUCH A NOBLE PURSUIT. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NIH IS THAT THIS IS ABOUT AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH. THE WORK THAT HAPPENS HERE HAS ONE GOAL. TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PURSUIT OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS AT NIH IS IT'S NOT ABOUT PROFIT. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE. AND SO I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE WHO WORKS HERE, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I KNOW WHAT YOU DO. I KNOW THAT YOU WORK AROUND THE CLOCK WITH THOSE EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE CHECKED ON, EVERY FEW HOURS, AND THEY DON'T CARE WHAT TIME IT IS ON THE CLOCK. I KNOW THE WORK YOU DO AND THE COLLABORATION THAT IS REQUIRED. I KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO REVIEWING GRANTS BECAUSE OF COURSE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS BEEN PUBLICLY FUNDED. MY MOTHER REVIEWED GRANTS. I HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING HERE AT THIS MOMENT, THE FIFTH DAY OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, COMING FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE YOU SEE NIH WAS SUCH A HUGE PART OF MY YOUTH, AS THIS PLACE THAT MY MOTHER WENT ALL THE TIME AND WAS VERY EXCITED TO WORK. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. NOW TO THE VACCINE. NIH, THESE SCIENTISTS, THESE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, DOING THE WORK OF PURSUING WHAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF THE VACCINE THAT I JUST TOOK. THEY THROUGH THE RESEARCH, THROUGH THE DEDICATION, CREATED SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE AND THE LIFE OF YOUR FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO URGE EVERYONE TO TAKE THE VACCINE WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN. IT IS REALLY PRETTY PAINLESS. AND IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. SO, THANKS TO ALL WHO ARE DOING THIS GREAT AND IMPORTANT WORK. LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS A VACCINE, ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT BIDEN AND MYSELF I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO EVERY DAY. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET 100 MILLION VACCINATIONS IN 100 DAYS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, DR. FAUCI. THANK YOU AGAIN.