In the News: Washington's next COVID-19 challenge: easing anxiety, skepticism over pending vaccine

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Chief Medical Officer, David Knoepfler, MD, speaks to KING 5's Sebastian Robertson about the upcoming COVID vaccine & easing any concerns people may have.

From the story, “For the first time in the nine months or so since I took that call, I am actually very optimistic,” said Dr. David Knoepfler, Overlake’s chief medical officer. “Granted this is a new vaccine that hasn’t been well tested in humans, but we do have what we call short term data, meaning less than a year, that shows it to be very well tolerated,” he said. “The benefits would way outweigh the risks in this case."

Read the full story here.