Speed Of Coronavirus Vaccine Development May Hurt Public Confidence

Vaccine developers worry that the focus on development speed may embolden anti-vaccine movement and hurt public willingness to get a COVID-19 shot if one is approved.

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Survey data suggests the most people expect a coronavirus vaccine to be ready in 2021 or later, despite pledges by the White House and companies to have one available before the end of 2020. • Source: Shutterstock

The pharma industry and federal government may want to develop a coronavirus vaccine quickly, but there already are concerns that speed may create fear that impedes uptake.

Peter Marks, director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said on 9 June...

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