White House officials also have been careful not to project a specific date for a vaccine announcement. He said it is “unlikely, although possible” that the efficacy and safety of a vaccine could be determined in October. “Everything would have to be unfolding according to perfection,” said Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner in the Trump administration. Current and former administration officials, as well as vaccine experts, said they were confident in the career regulators at FDA to make a science-based decision. “There’s this general feeling that the vaccine is going to get us out of this.

Source: Washington Post September 05, 2020 21:02 UTC