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Dr Anthony Fauci was injected with his first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine and he said he hoped it would encourage millions of other Americans to do the same. The top US infectious diseases expert said he felt ‘extreme confidence of the safety and efficacy of this vaccine’
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