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Bloom BR, Nowak GJ, Orenstein W. “When Will We Have a Vaccine?” — Understanding Questions and Answers about Covid-19 Vaccination. New England Journal of Medicine 2020;383:2202-4. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2025331
In recent months, epidemiologists in the United States and throughout the world have been asked the same question by clinicians, journalists, and members of the public, “When will we have a vaccine?” The obvious answer to this question would be, “When a candidate vaccine is demonstrated to be safe, effective, and available. That can be determined only by scientific data, not by a target calendar date.” But we realize that such a response, although accurate, overlooks much of what people are ultimately seeking to understand.
The emphasis on “we” reveals that most people want much more than an estimated vaccine-delivery date. Their inquiry typically involves three concerns.
First, when will the public be able to have confidence that available vaccines are safe and effective?
Second, when will a vaccine be available to people like them?
And third, when will vaccine uptake be high enough to enable a return to prepandemic conditions? …
In recent months, epidemiologists in the United States and throughout the world have been asked the same question by clinicians, journalists, and members of the public, “When will we have a vaccine?” The obvious answer to this question would be, “When a candidate vaccine is demonstrated to be safe, effective, and available. That can be determined only by scientific data, not by a target calendar date.” But we realize that such a response, although accurate, overlooks much of what people are ultimately seeking to understand.
The emphasis on “we” reveals that most people want much more than an estimated vaccine-delivery date. Their inquiry typically involves three concerns.
First, when will the public be able to have confidence that available vaccines are safe and effective?
Second, when will a vaccine be available to people like them?
And third, when will vaccine uptake be high enough to enable a return to prepandemic conditions? …
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