Margaret Norris, an elementary school teacher from Maryland, packs more than 100 bags of food per week for families struggling to provide meals to children. “Children have to eat. ... So we have to get this food out there.”
From CNN's Elizabeth Cohen
“I don’t know any scientist involved in this effort who thinks we will be getting shots into arms any time before Election Day,” said the official, who is familiar with Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s effort to develop coronavirus vaccines.“[It’s] going to be done in a very short period of time – could even have it during the month of October,” the President said at a news conference Monday. “We’ll have the vaccine soon, maybe before a special date.
Moncef Slaoui, the chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, told NPR last week that it’s “extremely unlikely, but not impossible” that a Covid-19 vaccine could be authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration before the end of October.
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