Days after Sacha Baron Cohen confirmed the end of ‘Borat’, it appears the British comedian has found lucrative work elsewhere – to hawk COVID-19 vaccinations to celebrities.
In a sketch during Thursday night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, Cohen is interrupted by what appears to be a burning cell phone ringing as he answers the question, “Was it fun to play Borat?”
Due to his serious statement about the political impact of Borat, Cohen excuses himself to answer his phone – with a number he apparently recognizes. He greets the caller named Bono.
‘Yep, I have AstraZeneca; got some Pfizer. What do you want? “He asks the caller as he folds in the background through a fridge filled with oatmeal and what hermetically sealed vaccines look like.” Yes, Venmo is fine, “he closes the call.
“Did I hear you right?” Was it Bono? Kimmel asks, to which Cohen explains: “Another Bono: Chaz.”
The piece is also about calls from ‘Tom Cruise’, which was initially mistaken for Tom Hanks and Tom Holland – Kanye West and Wesley Snipes.
“I do not mean to peek, but do you sell vaccines?” asked the late-night host.
“Stay out here, Kimmel,” Cohen replied. ‘Take care of your beautiful face. There is no vaccine for broken bones. ”
Later, actor Isla Fisher, Cohen’s wife, enters the show with a little cash. ‘Honey, honey, Ruffalo’s out. Here’s the cash, ‘she says and then orders’ two Pfizers, a Modern and an Oatly’ for ‘Mark Ruffalo’.
Cohen notices her careless attitude and asks Fisher, “Have you ever taken vaccines?”
After a bit of pressure, she confessed with a heavy sigh, “I had 15.”
Kimmel suggests that the critically acclaimed satirist focus more on the Academy Awards than on hawking vaccines.
‘It is my Oscar campaign, ”barked Cohen. ‘Jimmy, [I’ll] put it this way: None of the Hollywood Foreign Press will get COVID-19 anytime soon. ”
True to Cohen’s satire roots, the piece actually becomes a very real issue amid the deployment of the coronavirus vaccine: vaccine elitism. As several pharmaceutical brands continue to debut their version of the COVID-19 antidote, a certain one-man business has emerged that dangerously undermines the attempt to get all Americans vaccinated.
In January, a sketch by the British comedian Josh Berry captures the worrying mindset by setting up vaccination vaccination as if it compares universities of the highest level.
“What vaccine did you get?” Berry starts and talks to an imaginary other. ‘Oh, that’s great. I? Oxford. Yes, everyone in my family had it, so I just thought, ‘Why not me?’ you know? I just did not want to settle with the Pfizer one – no offense. ”
But the constant excretion of each vaccine – where it was developed, who funded it or which demographic groups would benefit most – could jeopardize the spread of misinformation, doctors warn.
Brand-name vaccine efficiencies have dropped in a spectrum with success rates ranging from 72% (Johnson & Johnson) to about 95% (Pfizer and Moderna), according to studies, which mostly depend on the patient’s age, health status and number. other factors. Despite the extent, doctors have stressed that any vaccine is significantly better than none at all.
NYU Langone Health Epidemiologist, dr. Jennifer L. Lighter, suggested the brand “does not matter” in an interview with the university’s news website, which was published on Thursday.
“Get it only as soon as you are eligible,” she insisted. “The vaccines have been shown to prevent serious diseases, and that is our goal.”
Lighter explained that the point of a vaccine is not necessarily to prevent people from getting sick at all, but to boost their immunity just enough to keep them out of the hospital. “If someone gets a mild infection, even after vaccination, it is not a cause for concern,” she said. “What we need is for people to stay out of the hospital and reduce their risk of death.”
She also reiterated that ‘none of the trial participants who [a] vaccine killed COVID-19. ”
“There is no clinically significant difference between these vaccines,” said Dr. Lighter said. ‘No. So do not hesitate to be vaccinated. ‘