The country’s leading infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that he could rely on the coronavirus vaccine to prove safe and effective before the end of 2020.
“I will still put my money in November / December,” he said during a congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute panel on global epidemics.
According to CNN, one of the most trusted faces of the coronavirus task force, 79, Fau Ki, said his informed projection was calculated based on where the clinical trial sites were in his study.
He added that researchers need to see about 150 infections in a vaccine trial to be safe and effective.
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Before the House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Hearing on July 31, 2020 in Washington D.C., the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Photo by Kevin Diets-Pool / Getty Images)
“Right now, the trial is more than two-thirds registered – really close to full registration on one, and full registration on the other,” Fawcett said.
Depending on the matrix, the vaccine may arrive sooner than expected, but it is unlikely that a response to the effect will be ready by November or December.
“It really depends on where the sites are and how many infections there are on the site,” Fawcett told the news agency. “So you can get your answer sooner, or you can get your answer a little later.”
Earlier this month, Fawcett said it was not comfortable running a vaccine under the Emergency Use Authorization unless it was shown to be “safe and effective” in clinical trials.
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He said people should continue to wear masks until the vaccine is ready, maintain physical distance, and avoid crowds to prevent future surges.
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Earlier Friday, U.S. In total on, 6744,458. There have been more cases than, and at least 197,633 have died from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Morgan Phillips of Fox News contributed to this report
