Dolly Parton Is One The Major Funders Of Moderna's COVID Vaccine, Astounding Twitter And Dolly Parton

Earlier this week, the internet was astounded to learn that Dolly Parton partially funded the development of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Dolly Parton was also astounded to learn this.

In several media appearances Tuesday, Parton exclaimed her pride and surprise at her involvement in Moderna creating a vaccine that the company reports is 94.5% effective against COVID-19.

"I'm just very grateful that this is happening, and if I had anything to do with it, that's great," she told TODAY.

In April, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Covid-19 research efforts. Evidently, that money made its way to Moderna's creation of its vaccine, something Parton herself didn't know until her name appeared in a list of sponsors of the preliminary results of the vaccine.

While Parton was surprised and "thrilled" to be a part of funding the promising vaccine, her joy was shared with Twitter users who united to say Dolly Parton rules.

Some even felt that Parton would be a perfect political candidate, perhaps illustrating how broken Americans have been by the endless 2020 Election.