Expert panel votes FDA SHOULD give Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine emergency approval amid hopes the U.S will soon have a second shot to help get 20 million Americans vaccinated by the end of 2020 A panel of FDA experts voted that the agency should approve Moderna's coronavirus vaccine and recommend whether the shot should be approved With their endorsement, Moderna's shot will almost certainly get emergency approval tonight or tomorrow Two people in Moderna's trial had severe allergic reactions: one who got a placebo, and a vaccine recipient who had anaphylactic shock 63 days later Moderna determined neither were linked to the shot, and allergic reactions are generally immediate, not months later