As researchers around the world race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, there’s also a scramble to make the millions of vials required to provide it. CBS News got an unique appearance inside an Alabama factory that’s going for it to satisfy the essential need.
” I don’t wish to overemphasize. That’s essentially what you’re telling us to do. Conserve the world and do it in 3 months,” said Lawrence Ganti, President of Consumer Operations at SiO2 Materials Science in Auburn, Alabama.
This becomes part of the federal government’s giant gamble– dubbed “Operation Lightning speed”– to standardize the most promising vaccine prospects before they’re approved.
” We will actually obtain and be prepared to purchase much more than just 300 million dosages, because not every vaccine will make it,” stated Health and Human Solutions Secretary Alex Azar.
When asked if he thought the federal government was overpromising, Azar replied, “Well, we’re not making promises, we’re set