And historic victory over a dread disease is dramatically unfolded at the University of Michigan

with the monumental reports that proved the South vaccine against crippling polio to be a sensational success.

Decades ago, the vaccine against polio helped bring an end to an epidemic that was paralyzing tens of thousands of Americans in the United States.

And the entire world heralded the discovery which assured an end to one of mankind's most dread diseases.

There's no question about it. Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in modern medicine.

And we're once again hopeful that a vaccine will be developed to protect us from infection and bring an end to this current pandemic.

But if and when, we get a coronavirus vaccine, what's the response from the public going to be?

A study published just last week in the American Journal of Public Health suggested that as many as 20% of Americans hold negative views of vaccines.

That's an alarming number because, and let me be clear on this, vaccines save lives.

They're an essential part of our effort to reduce disease and inequity all over the world.

But it's also true that finding reliable information about vaccines can be challenging.

There's a ton of misinformation about the safety of vaccines online and there's a lot of confusion about operation warp speed.

That's the U.S. government's effort to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

So in today's episode, my sit down with somebody who has been studying and developing vaccines for a very long time.

Dr. Peter Hotez.

We're going to answer some of your questions about vaccines, how they work, their safety, and whether or not you should get one.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.

And this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.

I've got a new name now, Sanjay.

I'm now the OG villain, you know, the original gangster villain.

That's what some members of the anti-vaccine movement have started to call Dr. Peter Hotez.

He is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, professor of pediatrics, molecular virology,

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