Sci­en­tists warn Amer­i­cans are ex­pect­ing too much from a coro­n­avirus vac­cine

The White House and many Amer­i­cans have pinned their hopes for de­feat­ing the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic on a vac­cine be­ing de­vel­oped at “warp speed.” But some sci­en­tif­ic ex­perts warn they’re all ex­pect­ing too much, too soon.

“Every­one thinks COVID-19 will go away with a vac­cine,” said William Hasel­tine, chair and pres­i­dent of Ac­cess Health In­ter­na­tion­al, a foun­da­tion that ad­vo­cates for af­ford­able care.

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