I think we are working too hard to really realize that we are part of history, right?

Of course, everybody is always part of history, but sometimes I think, well, for five years

from now, we will really look bad like, whoa, how did we do it?

That's Hanukkah Shuddemacher, a scientist from the Netherlands.

Around the world, scientists like her are working around the clock to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Shuddemacher is the global head of viral vaccine discovery and translational medicine at Jensen

Pharmaceutical, a research company under Johnson & Johnson.

She's built a career delving into some of the world's most deadly viruses.

You name it, HIV, Ebola, Zika.

And now she is leading a team to take on COVID-19.

She's not just keenly aware of the pressures of the job, but also of the need for more diversity

in the field.

So today, my aster, what does it feel like working on something that could save the world?

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact versus fiction.

Let me just start off by asking, how are you?

How is your life?

Are you getting any sleep?

I was going to say life.

Yeah, I do get sleep, but that's the almost the only thing that I do for myself these days.

You are an HIV AIDS researcher before this, right?

And so for what, 40 years now, we've obviously been waiting for a vaccine.

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