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A Vaccine Reality Check

July 24, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sarah Zhang: “A vaccine, when it is available, will only mark the beginning of a long, slow ramp down. And how long that ramp down takes will depend on the efficacy of a vaccine, the success in delivering hundreds of millions of doses, and the willingness of people to get it at all. It is awful to contemplate the suffering still ahead. It is easier to think about the promise of a vaccine.”

Benjy Sarlin: What’s the backup plan if there’s no COVID-19 vaccine?

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