Coronavirus: 'Foolish' to assume COVID-19 vaccine will be here for winter - Whitty
Instead, he said there was a"reasonable chance" that a vaccine could be available for winter of 2021-22.Why the vaccine race could leave a lasting scientific legacy
Mr Whitty added:"I would obviously be delighted if it came earlier rather than later but I'd be quite surprised if we had a highly effective vaccine ready for mass use in a large percentage of the population before the end of winter, certainly before this side of Christmas. "Now that may be wrong - a lot of people are doing a huge amount scientifically, logistically to make sure that's a pessimistic statement, to try and see if we can get a vaccine at extraordinarily fast speed but we have to check it works and we have to make sure it's safe and these things do take time."So I think if we look forward a year I think the chances are much greater than if we look forward six months and we need to have that sort of timescale in mind.
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