To be representative, vaccine trials should enroll minorities in percentages similar to their representation in the population. Fauci told CNN recently that he wanted to see minorities enrolled in coronavirus vaccine trials at levels at least double their percentages in the population, because Covid-19 has hit those groups especially hard. Operation Warp Speed, the government's effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine, says it aims to deliver 300 million doses by January -- a speed unheard of in the history of vaccine clinical trials. "Recruiting minorities into the vaccine trials is important for two reasons. If the company continues to recruit at the same rate as last week, it could fully enroll the trial by mid-September.

Source: CNN August 29, 2020 19:29 UTC