{"id":47866,"date":"2020-11-19T20:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T01:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=47866"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:02:24","slug":"modernas-initial-vaccine-results-more-than-hoped-for-says-unc-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/modernas-initial-vaccine-results-more-than-hoped-for-says-unc-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderna&#8217;s Initial Vaccine Results &#8216;More Than Hoped For,&#8217; Says Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44534\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 250px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44534 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"CindyGay\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/07\/CindyGay.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cindy Gay, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/cynthia-gay-md-mph\/\">Cindy Gay<\/a>, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, oversees the clinical trial of Moderna&#8217;s coronavirus vaccine candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill. She says the high initial efficacy rate shown by the drug &#8220;was more than we were hoping for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to her interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/modernas-initial-vaccine-results-more-than-hoped-for-says-unc-expert\/19388806\/\">WRAL News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy Gay, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, oversees the clinical trial of Moderna&#8217;s coronavirus vaccine candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill. 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