A recent poll showed 27% of adults are unlikely to accept a free COVID-19 vaccine, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn tells martharaddatz 'It is concerning... [FDA] will do our job to assess the safety and the efficacy of a vaccine candidate.'
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"I can't predict when a vaccine will be available," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said on ABC's"This Week" Sunday, adding,"Yes, we are seeing unprecedented speed for the development of a vaccine.
"We are unleashing our nation's scientific brilliance and we'll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year," Trump said, after earlier touting the nation's testing efforts and claiming, without evidence, that"99%" of coronavirus cases"are totally harmless." Commissioner of Food and Drugs Stephen Hahn speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 24, 2020.Hahn was challenged about the latter assertion on"This Week" Sunday, by the show's co-anchor Martha Raddatz, but refused to join the president in his characterization.
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