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Over any potential political pressure leading up to the election. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: a possible setback this evening. the final stages of human trials at the university of oxford are being put on hold because one of their volunteers reportedly suffered a suspected serious adverse reaction. a spokesman for the company developing the drug tells a medical news service that they're now hoping to minimize any potential impact of the trial timeline. the chief executives of nine drugmakers who are racing to produce a vaccine that prevents covid-19 are promising the world tonigh...

Covid-19 infections in the boston area alone. the race for a potential vaccine to end this pandemic is seriously on, with 30 in human trials around the world. but america's leading infectious disease doctor is warning everyone about rolling any of them out too early, saying that "the one thing you would not want to see with a vaccine is getting an eua -- emergency use authorization -- before you have a signal of efficacy." dr. anthony fauci warns that this could also make it more difficult for any of the other efforts to find enough volunteers, like these people, for their clinical trials. >> ...

Pfizer in phase three of human trials, and johnson & johnson moving forward, too. and their scientists tonight allowing our cameras inside the lab, and why what they're seeing is giving them hope. here's abc's bob woodruff tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the race to develop a possible vaccine to fight covid-19. we got a first-hand look at a lab in boston -- >> why don't we go into this room? >> reporter: -- where scientists for johnson & johnson are working around the clock. >> this is one type of antibody test. we're seeing some nice responses in these plates. this is without the vaccine and w...

Guarantee at least 100 million doses for americans. have there been any kind of effects on the humans that are detectable? >> so far so good. >> reporter: now, six other companies are already in phase three human trials, but johnson & johnson says they will catch up, and if everything goes well, we could see their vaccine by early next year. david? >> let's hope so. all right, bob, great to have you. when we come back tonight, the protests here in new york the protests here in new york city storming a building. y manas don't understand why. because our way works great for us! but not for you...

>> a war against covid and a war against stupidity. >> reporter: he's frustrated seeing people on the streets not wearing masks or physically distancing. >> we keep on doing our best to save all these people, and then you get another batch of people that are doing exactly the opposite of what you're telling them not to do. >> reporter: an association of medical colleges now warning, "if the nation doesn't change its course and soon, deaths could be well into the multiple hundreds of thousands." but for two covid patients, a second chanc door nwen saving them with double lung transplants after ...