{"id":15464,"date":"2020-12-08T09:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/abc-news-doc-explore-covid-19-vaccines\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:46:15","slug":"abc-news-doc-to-explore-covid-19-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/abc-news-doc-to-explore-covid-19-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC News Doc to Explore COVID-19 Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.<\/p>\n
The one-hour special edition of 20\/20<\/em>, The Shot: Race for the Vaccine<\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n The special features interviews with leading experts and officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation\u2019s top infectious disease doctor; Dr. Stephen Hahn, FDA commissioner; Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the NIH\u2019s lead researcher on the coronavirus vaccine project; Dr. Barney Graham, deputy director of the NIH\u2019s 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\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia; Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":15465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1061],"class_list":["post-15464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc-news","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n