Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Friday that the chances of a coronavirus vaccine with 98% or more guaranteed protection are “not great,” according to CNBC.
Yes, but: The Food and Drug Administration says it is ready to authorize a vaccine for coronavirus as long as it is safe and reduces a person’s risk of a COVID-19 infection by 50%.
- FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn claims that while a higher benchmark would be ideal, 50% guaranteed protection is an acceptable standard, given the circumstances.
- “For the most part, I think, experts of infectious disease have agreed that this is a reasonable floor. I obviously hope that the actual effectiveness will be higher,” Hahn said in July.
What he says: Fauci told attendees at Brown University’s School of Public Health during a Q&A session that, “The chance that it’s 98% effective is not great, which means you should never abandon the approach to public health.”
- “We do not yet know what the effectiveness may be. We do not know if it will be 50% or 60%. I would like it to be 75% or more. “
- “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,” he added.
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