ADMINISTERING a vaccine to a high-profile individual may be a daunting task for some.
However, when US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director, and the international face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci, showed up at a Walgreens store in New York for a COVID booster, he had the added distraction of The Late Show host, Stephen Colbert, and a crew of cameramen.
As the pharmacist was preparing the vaccine, Colbert asked Fauci, " do you think he's nervous to give Anthony Fauci a shot?"
"I'd say he is," the doctor said.
"I hope he doesn't blink!"
However, when Colbert asked the pharmacist how he felt about immunising the 81-year-old health expert, the response was not what the TV host had expected.
"I've done this plenty of times," the pharmacist said.
"He's actually only the third most famous person I've ever vaccinated."
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