YOUNG-WHITE: For a year, I've been talking
to my good friend and vaccinologist
Dr. Hotez about one thing.
So, where's this vaccine?
The vaccines won't be out till the middle of 2021.
YOUNG-WHITE: But now that the vaccine's finally here,
I'm not sure I want it.
There's too many unanswered questions and concerns.
We've done this in less than a year.
Does that mean that safety is being compromised?
NEWSWOMAN: If anything goes wrong with the vaccine,
the drugmakers that produce them aren't responsible.
YOUNG-WHITE: Yet Hotez is making it his mission
to get everyone vaccinated.
We can and have to, uh, vaccinate,
uh, half a billion people by the summer.
We've got to vaccinate the American people
ahead of these variants.
We need more vaccines.
YOUNG-WHITE: Well, enough is enough.
Dr. Hotez. I've been seeing you everywhere
promoting this vaccine.
You got to stop.
Well, wait a minute, wait a minute.
When we spoke last year,
you were begging for that vaccine.
(scoffs) I barely wanted the vaccine.
You're exaggerating.
Give me a little taste of that sweet, little vaccine.
I will take three boxes
of the Astra Zendaya OxyContin, please.
W-Well, you didn't pronounce it quite right.
Okay, okay! Dr. Hotez, whatever! Just give me your secret stash
of Ascot Zendaya Ostrich Farm, please!
Okay, sure. But that was before I heard this.
There's a lot of misinformation about vaccines.
I have accurate sources.
Horoscopes, memes,
this guy who yells things outside my window.
MAN: The world is ending
in 2012!
I've been giving you the most accurate information
that the scientific community have to offer.
YOUNG-WHITE: The best they have to offer
isn't gonna prevent this.
I don't want Bill Gates putting a microchip in me.
I want Apple putting a microchip in me.
That way, I'll look all sleek
and cost, like, four grand more for no reason.
Let me tell you something. Those anti-vaccine sites,
they're saying not only Bill Gates,
but they're saying me and, uh, Tony Fauci
were out there in Area 51
putting those chips in the vaccines.
Oh, my God.
What's Area 51 like?
-Are the aliens cute? -I've never been to Area 51.
You can't believe everything that you hear.
I heard the vaccine
will turn you gay.
Now, how would something like that happen?
And, if that is true,
how can I get the vaccine
personally distributed to some celebs?
I have a list, and I want to know
if they've already gotten it.
Um, Michael B. Jordan.
Timothée Chalamet.
Pete Davidson. Logan Lerman.
Daniel Kaluuya. Steven Yeun.
There's no even plausible mechanism
by which that's gonna happen.
YOUNG-WHITE: Huh. How about the fact
that they're rushing the vaccine
like a couple on 90 Day Fiancé?
Rushing? We've been working on coronavirus vaccines
for over ten years.
So, a decade of research,
and you still haven't found a way to turn people gay.
What is science for, even?
Now, look, uh, vaccines don't modify your DNA,
nobody's sticking chips inside,
and they certainly are not gonna change
your sexual orientation.
How do you know all this information?
Well, I spent my whole life developing vaccines,
and I've also gotten the coronavirus vaccine.
Wait, wait, you were vaccinated?
-Are there any fun side effects? -Any fun side effects?
I know I'm not going to go to the hospital or the ICU
or-or going to lose my life from COVID-19.
YOUNG-WHITE: Oh, yeah.
I was so worried about the side effects,
I forgot about the main effect:
not dying.
See, that's what I'm saying.
Everyone needs to get this vaccine.
One of the problems is that people don't have access
to places where we're delivering the vaccine,
especially in low-income neighborhoods.
We have to create more sites
where people can get vaccinated.
YOUNG-WHITE: But even if they have access,
some people just don't want it.
Vaccine hesitancy rates are pretty high,
uh, in, uh, African American neighborhoods
and among people of color.
So, now going on just about every, uh,
African American talk radio station I can
to talk to them about the importance
of getting vaccinated.
Okay. Dr. Hotez, no offense,
maybe you're just not the best messenger.
Maybe I can help because I'm me
and you're...
-...that. -Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
YOUNG-WHITE: Even though Dr. Hotez has the best intentions,
he can't help the fact that the Black community
doesn't trust white nerds.
That's why I'm here to help.
Hello. I am Dr. Jaboukie
here today with a very important message
on why we need to get vaccinated.
These antiviral properties
bind to the spike proteins in the body,
wh-which... (sighs)
Man, you know what, (bleep)? It works like Botox.
Okay? I'm 43.
Look, soft.
Look, smooth.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, you can't say that.
You got the first part perfectly.
You can't go saying it's gonna work like Botox.
Okay, what's the worst thing that could happen?
I save somebody's life.
Yeah, you want to save someone's life,
but you can't say it's gonna work like Botox.
Fine, okay.
Studies have shown that it makes your dick bigger.
You can't make those outrageous claims.
(chuckles) Of course, right.
Our dicks are already big.
It would just be weird at that point.
Throw away your shea butter,
because it will cure ashiness.
None of those things are true.
You know what? This isn't working for me.
Get the (bleep) vaccine.
You know what? I'm-I'm with you, Dr. Jaboukie.
Everybody get the (bleep) vaccine.
Finally!
This is Dr. Jaboukie signing off.
And remember, once vaccinated,
you'll never be pulled over by the cops again.
HOTEZ: No! No, no, no.
It doesn't do anything with that.