ABC News Doc to Explore COVID-19 Vaccines

ABC News has lined up a prime-time documentary that takes an inside look at how officials expect to deliver a safe and effective vaccine for the deadly coronavirus in record time.

The one-hour special edition of 20/20, The Shot: Race for the Vaccine, is slated for December 14 at 10 p.m. on ABC. The special reports on the science behind the vaccines that are closest to receiving authorization; details of the trials and results; the near misses, the roadblocks and serendipity along the way; personal stories and behind-the-scenes footage of the scientists leading the charge; and the brave volunteers who participated in the trials.

The special features interviews with leading experts and officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor; Dr. Stephen Hahn, FDA commissioner; Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the NIH’s lead researcher on the coronavirus vaccine project; Dr. Barney Graham, deputy director of the NIH’s Vaccine Research Center and chief of the virus research lab; Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the independent panel advising the FDA on vaccine authorizations and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board co-chair; Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines; Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar; General Gustave Perna, the COO of Operation Warp Speed; and philanthropist Bill Gates.