The Vaccine Trust Problem

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Public health officials and private researchers have vowed to develop a coronavirus vaccine in record time. But could that rush backfire? Guest: Jan Hoffman, a health reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Billions of dollars are being poured into developing a coronavirus vaccine, but the rapid timetable may be creating even more vaccine-hesitant patients.Three vaccine developers report that early trials showed promising results with minimal side effects, but one researcher cautioned, “There is still a long way to go.”

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:33.0	This is the Daily.
0:35.6	Today, public health officials are vowing to develop a coronavirus vaccine in record time.
0:49.3	My colleague, Health Reporter Jan Hoffman, on how that speed could backfire.
0:59.6	It's Tuesday, July 21st.
1:03.1	Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
1:08.6	Thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us here today.
1:12.2	And of course, thank you, our staff, for setting up the technology so we can hold this hearing
1:16.4	safely.
1:17.7	The late last month, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Robert Redfield of CDC sat down in front
1:24.5	of a group of senators to answer their many questions about what was going on with the
1:29.7	coronavirus pandemic.
1:31.3	Dr. Fauci, based on what you're seeing now, how many COVID-19 deaths and infections should
1:39.4	America expect before this is all over?
1:44.1	I can't make an accurate prediction, but it is going to be very disturbing.
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