Mrs. Sarah Gilbert said the criticism of the pace of development of the jab was “disheartening”

The woman who leads the development Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine admitted to being frustrated with criticism of how fast the jab was created.

When the pandemic broke out, Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert’s Oxford branch Vaccitech was at the forefront of designing a vaccine against the coronavirus.

Within two weeks, she designed a vaccine for it, which was approved for use only 351 days later.

Mrs. Sarah and her team are widely acclaimed worldwide for their achievements and have won many awards. The toy company Mattel even made a Barbie doll in the name of Mrs. Sarah.

But in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mrs. Sarah stated that although people hesitate is “natural”, she found criticism of the speed of vaccine development “disheartening”.

She told the newspaper that it boiled down to technological advancement and the reality of working in a global pandemic.

“We can overlap processes that are usually performed sequentially,” she said.

“The time we waited between work elements has decreased. But we still follow the normal regulatory approach. Yes, we did it quickly, but we did not miss any steps.

“It’s frustrating when people say that development is too fast without explaining why this is happening.”

Mrs. Sarah and Professor Kathleen Green, a member of her vaccine development team, even took the time to write a book-Vaxxers-designed to explain in a readable and precise way how the jab is produced.

“We want to explain how we did it so fast,” said Mrs. Sarah.

“We understand that it is natural for people to hesitate.”

Mrs. Sarah’s comments came after she was awarded the prestigious Bold Women Award by Veuve Clicquot in recognition of her work.