Episode
Dateline: Race for a Vaccine
Overview
Top executives at Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson talk about plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and efforts to overcome public mistrust; interviews with key advisors from President Donald Trump and President-Elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task forces;
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2020-12-03
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Race for a Vaccine is Episode 17 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2020-12-03. The runtime is 43 min.
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