Health And Government Officials Hopeful For Vaccine Before 2021

The transcript discusses the potential timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine, with Dr. Tom Inglesby expressing cautious optimism about a vaccine by the end of the year. Moderna reports promising early results, aiming for a vaccine by late 2020 or early 2021. The US government, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, is working to scale up production, targeting 300 million doses by 2021.

What were the early results reported by Moderna regarding their COVID-19 vaccine?

What is the significance of the number 300,000,000 in the context of the COVID-19 vaccine?