Anthony Fauci told PBS NewsHour on Thursday that he expects the US “could be just as good [as] back to normal if we can ”by the end of 2021 when a coronavirus vaccine becomes widely available.
The big picture: Fauci made it clear that this would not mean that the virus would be destroyed, saying: “We can get it under good enough control that it is so low that it does not interfere with the kind of normal life we want the economy to return to work. to get. “
- “I do not think it will be 2024. I think it will be more than the end of 2021.”
The condition of the play: Several vaccine candidates have introduced human trials, although their effectiveness may not be where Americans are accustomed.
- Fauci said last week that there is a “not-so-great” chance that a possible vaccine will be 98% effective, claiming instead that the vaccine is likely to reduce a person’s risk of infection by 50% or 60%.
- The FDA says it only requires a 50% effectiveness rate for approval.
- “You have to think of the vaccine as a tool to get the pandemic to no longer be a pandemic, but to be something that is well controlled,” Fauci added.
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