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Race for a Vaccine

Dateline NBC

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4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, Lester Holt takes a comprehensive look at the latest plans to get a vaccine into the hands of Americans. Originally aired on NBC on December 3, 2020.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are we potentially looking at medicine's finest hour?

0:04.2

I think so.

0:05.5

Racing for a vaccine.

0:07.7

The inside story.

0:09.5

They notified us of the vaccine efficacy,

0:12.3

and I don't think I remember another thing for about 20 minutes.

0:16.2

What it means for you.

0:18.0

The standard we're going to hold this to is what I give this vaccine to myself

0:21.5

from my own family.

0:22.8

Hero is in the battle.

0:24.5

Scientists, government, but also an army of Americans

0:28.5

willing to take an experimental vaccine.

0:31.5

I want people of color to be represented.

0:34.0

Will people take it?

0:35.5

If the vaccine were available in our community tomorrow,

0:38.5

there would be very few people who would line up to get that vaccine.

0:42.5

People want to know, do I sign up someplace?

0:45.5

Is this going to cost folks anything?

0:47.5

I hear people all the time, and I say it myself,

0:49.5

man, I can't wait to get back to the way it used to be.

0:52.0

Are we ever going to get to that place?

0:53.5

What we want is for children to be able to go to school.

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