For those closely watching the development of Covid-19 vaccines, Thursday is a crucial date.
Nothing extraordinary is expected to happen when a committee of outside experts — known as the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC — meets for the first time to consider Covid-19 vaccines.
Image: Paul Offit, a professor of pediatrics and well-known vaccines advocate, is a member of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC. MATT ROURKE/AP