"I'm Happy I Did It" - Volunteering For a COVID Vaccine Trial With T1D

Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes · Sep 23, 2020 · 1m

Helene Cooper has type 1 diabetes, asthma, and she's Black. All of those factors increase her risks if she catches COVID 19. They're also exactly what the researchers behind one of the vaccine trials were looking for. She's now in that Phase 3 Trial and shares what it's been like.

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Helene is also a reporter for the New York Times, covering the Pentagon and has an incredible story that began well before she was diagnosed with type 1 at the age of 15. She and her family fled here from Liberia in 1972.

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