‘Not a Magic Wand’: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

<p>Masks. Lockdowns. Shuttered businesses. Hospitals strained beyond capacity.</p> <p>Weary of the pandemic’s myriad disruptions to normal life, many Americans are pinning their hopes on a COVID-19 vaccine. But even if an effective one is developed, it won’t make the virus magically disappear.</p> <p>On today’s episode of <em>The Dose</em> podcast, Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a member of the Commonwealth Fund’s board, talks about the race to develop and deploy a vaccine.</p> <p>“Even the world's most safe and effective vaccine won't make a difference if people don't trust it and won't take it,” she warns.</p>