1. What good news did New York Times science reporter Donald McNeil relate regarding health experts’ view of the coronavirus pandemic?

2. What is Operation Warp Speed?

3. Define vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics and clinical trials as used in the article.

4. When do experts believe the pandemic will end, according to Mr. McNeil?

5. What does Mr. McNeil’s report note about health experts' view of Operation Warp Speed’s effectiveness in speeding up a Covid-19 vaccine? (List several pieces of good news about vaccines.)

6. Take an informal poll with friends and family. Ask: would you take a vaccine when it becomes available? Please explain your answer. (And if not, what would need to happen before you would do so?)