A coronavirus vaccine by winter would require everything 'to break in the right way,' a leading expert says.
A coronavirus vaccine by year’s end is possible, but not something to “bank on,” a leading public health expert warned Sunday as the Trump administration continued to push forAides to President Trump have touted vaccine prospects, but they’ve also tried to de-couple significant progress toward an immunization protocol from the need to return to workplaces, schools and public life, as many states are now moving to do.
“So I don’t think we should bank on it,” he said, calling a vaccine this year “far from a sure thing.” “A lot of things can go wrong,” Gottlieb said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.“ “A lot of things can be delayed. It’s very hard to get to the point where you’re manufacturing at high, high quantities.”of coronavirus infections, with more than 1.5 million confirmed cases. But Azar said an overall plateau in cases and deaths was ample grounds for moving ahead with restarting the economy.“We are in a position to be able to reopen now,” Azar said on CNN.
“Well, I certainly see a small subset of Wisconsinites celebrating a little freedom,” said Sen. Ron Johnson , interviewed on CNN. But he said most people were “being very responsible” in terms of mask-wearing and physical distancing.Azar also said that predicted spikes of infection had not materialized in states such as Georgia and Florida, which moved quickly to reopen, although he acknowledged that it was “still early days.
Experts such as Inglesby said an easing in the growth of the U.S. caseload should be seen as proof that shutdowns worked, rather than a signal that they should not have been imposed in the first place.“I think lockdowns were necessary,” he said. “They actually have changed the course of the epidemic in the United States.”
“We’re likely to see multiple waves in different parts of the country,” he said. “If we go too fast, it will backfire.”Trump spent the weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, holding strategy sessions on subjects including the vaccine push.
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