Today is Saturday, October 10th, and today we're talking about possible COVID-19 vaccines,

from how they're being evaluated for safety and effectiveness in record time,

to which groups of people are not included in the trials right now,

and much more. My guess today really breaks it all down for us and

also explains what she'll be looking for when deciding whether to get herself and her family

vaccinated. Dr. Angela Rasmussen is a virologist at Columbia University who has studied a huge range of

viral pathogens including this new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

So here's our conversation.

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I'm Erica Mandy. It's time for today's special edition Saturday.

You ready. Let's do this.

Thank you so much for coming on the newsworthy.

My pleasure, Erica. Thanks for having me.

So before we talk all about what's happening now with the four final stage trials in the U.S.

I'd love for you to just outline what it typically takes to get a vaccine developed and approved.

What is that process? What is that timing?

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