Mikael Dolsten, M.D., Ph.D. (62) is Swedish-American Jew who immigrated to the U.S. in 2004. As President, Worldwide Research and Development of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Dolsten leads the team that developed an effective COVID vaccine, which is now being given to Americans and people in other countries. As you will read in The Jerusalem Post article linked below, he is not the only Jewish immigrant to America who is playing a key role in COVID vaccine development.
Quotes: “A lot of the great breakthroughs in America have come from people that immigrated. There has been a strong Jewish tradition around contributing to humanity and a strong tradition within medicine.” | “I do hope we can heal as a nation and again be a shining sun, and bring people together rather than move back from the world. I do hear a lot from Europeans who miss seeing the US as the image of the future, and now see the US as isolated.”
Sources: Wikipedia, The Jerusalem Post
Learn more about Mikael Dolsten on Wikipedia. >>
Read “Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine hopes US stays a melting pot” >>
Watch “Coronavirus Report: The Hill’s Steve Clemons interviews Mikael Dolsten” (April 2020) [18:30]. >>
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