Testifying before a Senate panel, top Trump administration health officials said a COVID-19 vaccine isn't likely to be widely available until next spring or summer.
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield says wearing a mask may provide better protection against COVID-19 than a vaccine.CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield says wearing a mask may provide better protection against COVID-19 than a vaccine.
"I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine," Redfield told a Senate panel on Wednesday.Redfield; along with Adm. Brett Giroir, head of the Trump administration's testing effort; and Bob Kadlec, who heads the Department of Health and Human Services preparedness and response efforts; appeared before a Senate subcommittee on response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Redfield said a vaccine might become available in November or December for first responders, but not widely available until"the second or third quarter" of next year. He later testified that it would take six to nine months after a vaccine was approved before it could be distributed nationally.
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