Mattel made the doll according to a vaccine scientist

The American toy manufacturer Mattel made the Barbie doll according to the scientist Sarah Gilbert, who is behind the covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The doll is part of a collection of five models created by the company in honor of doctors and researchers fighting the covid-19 pandemic. "I want my doll to show children professions they may not know about, such as vaccinology," said scientist Sarah Gilbert. At first, its reduced version seemed very strange. "I want to inspire new generations of girls to pursue a career in science, and I hope that the children my Barbie sees will realize how important a career in science is to the world around us," said the scientist. Fifty-nine-year-old British vaccine scientist Sarah Gilbert began developing the product in Oxford laboratories in early 2020, when the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 first appeared in China. According to the BBC, its Oxford / AstraZeneka vaccine is now the most widely used vaccine in the world, with over 170 countries receiving doses. In addition to Gilbert, according to Sky News, Amy O'Sullivan, a nurse in the New York emergency room who was treating the first patient with a covid-19, earned her immortalization in the form of a doll about 30 centimeters large; Dr. Audrey Cruz of Las Vegas and Toronto psychiatrist Chika Stacy Oriuwa, who fought discrimination and racism; researcher Jacqueline Goes de Jesus, who led the team sequencing the genome of the Brazilian variant of covid-19, and Dr. Kirby Whitby, co-founder of the company that created washable and reusable surgical gowns for doctors. In recent years, toy giant Mattel has released several series of Barbie dolls in response to criticism that it is creating unrealistic ideals of female beauty. The company now offers a wide range of dolls of various skin tones and figure types, which overlap with the original model from 1959. The first doll at the time took on the form of a blonde and slender white woman.