Wasn’t there a mention if the news they are already ramping up to produce the vaccine even before it has gone through those clinical trials? If the vaccine is proven effective, they can start shipping it out the day after it is approved.
Yes! That was one of the innovations President Trump brought to the table. The vaccine makers have never taken that kind of risk before, so President Trump stepped in and negotiated to purchase the vaccines in advance so they’d be manufactured in parallel. But he didn’t just do it for everyone; they picked the top 5 best candidates out of the over 200 vaccine candidates worldwide.
If it’s approved, it becomes available immediately. If something goes terribly wrong, they toss the doses. Never been done before, but it saves months!