Is Key Safety Data at Risk in Race for COVID Vaccine?

Grace Lee, MD, professor of pediatric infectious diseases, Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

William Schaffner, MD, professor, preventive medicine, health policy, infectious diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.

Tom Frieden, MD, president and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives, New York City.

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