{"id":46313,"date":"2020-09-06T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=46313"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:59:30","slug":"fischer-discussed-covid-19-vaccine-trials-with-wral-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/fischer-discussed-covid-19-vaccine-trials-with-wral-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fischer Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials On WRAL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5986\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 270px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-260x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-260x300.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer-301x347.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/william-fischer.jpeg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">William Fischer, MD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/fischer\/\">William Fischer<\/a><\/strong>, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, was featured on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/unc-doctor-many-volunteers-for-covid-19-vaccine-trials\/19268679\/\">WRAL<\/a><\/strong> discussing the progress being made on COVID-19 vaccines and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer recognized that many people are volunteering to take part in clinical trials which will help the development of a vaccine, but he emphasized the need to stick to the science as far as wether therapeutics are effective. Clinical research must be rigorously evaluated for safety and efficacy.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the story on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/unc-doctor-many-volunteers-for-covid-19-vaccine-trials\/19268679\/\">WRAL<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Fischer, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, was featured on WRAL discussing the progress being made on COVID-19 vaccines and treatment. Fischer recognized that many people are volunteering to take part in clinical trials which will help the development of a vaccine, but he emphasized &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/fischer-discussed-covid-19-vaccine-trials-with-wral-news\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fischer Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials On WRAL News\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":5986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,102],"tags":[629],"class_list":["post-46313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-pulmonary","tag-629","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fischer Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials On WRAL News | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/fischer-discussed-covid-19-vaccine-trials-with-wral-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fischer Discusses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials On WRAL News | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"William Fischer, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, was featured on WRAL discussing the progress being made on COVID-19 vaccines and treatment. 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