notably donated $1 million (£725k) to the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, Tennessee last year as part of its Covid-19 research, helping to support the development of the Moderna jab, which at the time reported a 95% success rate.However, Dolly reckons her contribution may have overshadowed the hard work put into developing the vaccine, but either way, she was more than willing to help out, as she ‘knew something bad was on the rise’.She told presenter Baylen Leonard on Absolute Radio Country: ‘When the pandemic came out, I just felt kind of led to do something because I knew something bad was on the rise and I just kind of wanted to help with that.‘So, mine was a small part of course, but I probably get a lot more credit.