When and How You’ll Get a Vaccine

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🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For Americans, months of collective isolation and fear could soon be winding down. A coronavirus vaccine may be just weeks away. According to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, the federal effort to accelerate vaccine development, the first Americans could receive the vaccine in mid-December. With the vaccine within reach, we turn to more logistical questions: Who will receive the shots first? Who will distribute them? And what could go wrong? Guest: Katie Thomas, who covers the drug industry for The New York Times. We want to hear from you. Fill out our survey about The Daily and other shows at: nytimes.com/thedailysurvey For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Promising clinical trials have buoyed hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight. But even if the vaccines are authorized, only a sliver of the American public will be able to get one by the end of the year.In mid-December, 6.4 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine are expected to be shipped across the United States in an initial push.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:33.0	This is a daily.
0:40.2	Today, now that multiple vaccines are making their way toward approval, what we know about
0:47.7	the plan and timetable for distributing them.
0:52.4	I spoke to my colleague, science reporter Katie Thomas.
0:58.9	It's Monday, November 30th.
1:04.8	Katie tell me about this interview with the head of Operation Warp Speed.
1:10.2	Joining us now is the Chief Scientific Advisor for Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Monsaf Slowy.
1:16.2	So last Sunday, Dr. Monsaf Slowy, who's the head of the big federal effort to develop
1:20.6	a vaccine.
1:22.2	He's not a CNN and was asked about where things stand.
1:25.8	When do you expect the first person will be vaccinated?
1:32.0	Well, our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours
1:39.5	from the approval.
1:40.7	So I would expect on the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully, the first people
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