COVID-19 Vaccines: A Dose Of Caution From Merck
Executive Summary
The global COVID-19 pandemic is prompting an unprecedented effort to develop a vaccine in record-breaking time. But there may be pitfalls in letting optimism run too far ahead of the realities of vaccine development.
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