Trust is built on credibility and authenticity, especially in medicine, and trust is not built by putting in people who are not perceived to be experts, either through lived experience, or because they have years in public health, and they know what they're talking about," Gupta said.
"You can't just put somebody that's lived their pandemic in a suit or on a Zoom conference, and put them in front of the American people and say, 'Get a vaccine.' Trust is earned, and it's earned through actual experience," Gupta said.A similar vaccine from Moderna is expected to follow soon after, and between the two, Trump administration health officials expect to distribute about 40 million doses to states by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 20 million people.Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, has long said public confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine approval process is key to beating the pandemic."We've got to keep hammering that home, because for the group of people who are concerned about the process, the process is sound," Fauci said during a recent event hosted by Stat News.In an interview with The Washington Post this week, Fauci said he understood why the governors might be suspicious, but he urged them to trust the process.