Press Play with Madeleine Brand
When can Americans reasonably expect a COVID-19 vaccine?
Despite President Trump’s insistence that a vaccine is imminent within weeks, vaccine makers have pledged to stand with science instead of politics.
By Madeleine Brand • • 9m ListenDespite President Trump’s insistence that a vaccine is imminent within weeks, vaccine makers have pledged to stand with science instead of politics.
Once a vaccine does become available, federal officials now have a plan to distribute it. It’s all through Operation Warp Speed, the multi-government agency program that’s spending billions of dollars to get a vaccine to Americans ASAP.
Officials laid out their plans this week, saying distribution could begin within a day of any approval or emergency authorization. The government also hopes to make it free.
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The full episode
2 of 5Politicization of the CDC- 0:00How the Trump administration has politicized the CDC
- 9:05When can Americans reasonably expect a COVID-19 vaccine?You’re reading this
- 18:20How all the smoke in the air affects human health
- 27:04The Big Ten decides to play college football. What about the Pac-12?
- 37:06‘Wild Thing: Space Invaders’ explores humans’ fascination with aliens