made by gilliad sciences. the company says the drug can shorten a patient's recovery time by 5 to 7 days. an fda committee met tasked with the idea of evaluating any of the covid-19 vaccines in trial might be ready for release. >> during a livestream researchers and health experts weighed in warning the fda against politicizing the process. >> usually meets in near obscurity. experts joined in on a live stream of the hearing. it would also require strict follow up testing. >> these are what we consider minimum criteria. >> concern s poured in and the perception that the agency is under intense political pressure from the white house to approve a vaccine quickly. >> the president of the united states has promoted unproven miracle cures. >> if we don't restore public confidence in this all of the people told us they are not going to take the vaccine. >> they argued the evidence of mistrust is building and pointed to the responses by a third of people in a recent poll. >> endorsed a statement saying it is definit