On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, President Donald Trump said the US government will buy 100 million doses of Moderna’s experimental coronavirus vaccine, which is currently in late-stage human trials. “We have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate,” Trump said. “The federal government will own these vaccine doses, we’re buying them.” US biotechnology firm Moderna Therapeutics is in phase 3 trials of its vaccine candidate. The US government is also entering into a partnership with Johnson & Johnson and several other US companies...