Top White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fawcett said Thursday that U.S. Life will not return to normal by 2021, despite emergency clearance for vaccination.
“We can do both, we can keep the country open and we can follow public health measures,” Foi told MSNBC. “With that one vaccine, I believe that in 2021 we will see this behind us. … It will not happen in the first few months. Initially, we may begin to approach some generalities. “
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Despite the Trump administration’s promise to administer 20 million by the end of December, only less than 3 million people have been vaccinated.
“Whenever you have a major operation, such as trying to vaccinate the whole country with a new vaccine, there will always be difficulties along the way.” “We hope that … as we go into the first week of January, we will quickly catch the projection of 20-million dose-in-the-arms. And as we move to the middle, in January, February, March, we will be on target. “
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So far, two vaccines, the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine and the Moderna vaccine, have received immediate approval from the FDA.
The federal government has been embroiled in controversy over the rollout of the vaccine, with President-elect Joe Biden criticizing President Trump’s efforts to distribute the vaccine in a timely manner.
Biden said that once he takes office on January 20, he has instructed his team to “prepare a more aggressive effort to get things back on track with more federal involvement and leadership.”
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“We will find ways to accelerate the pace of vaccination,” he said, “to make sure 100 million shots have been administered by the end of the first 100 days.”
Vandana Rambar of Fox News contributed to this report.
