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Sep 2020
11m 47s

Safety vs Speed in the Race for a Vaccin...

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The President is pushing for a Covid-19 vaccine before the election, but is that realistic? Or safe? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Moncef Slaoui, Chief Advisor of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government’s Covid-19 vaccine program. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about yo ... Show More
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