The Food and Drug Administration has been 'very explicit' that it is going to make a decision based on data from clinical trials, Fauci said
, which HHS tapped to help distribute the vaccine. He said they may need to waive some licensing and permit requirements that could delay the process.
The deadline — just two days before the federal elections — raised concerns among public health experts and scientists that approval of a vaccine will be politically motivated and the White House may be pressuring regulators to get a vaccine to the market ahead of Nov. 3. Earlier in the day, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar insisted that the government's Nov. 1 deadline for states"It has nothing to do with elections. This has to do with delivering safe, effective vaccines to the American people as quickly as possible and saving people's lives," Azar said on "CBS This Morning." "Whether it's Oct. 15, whether it's Nov.
The FDA has said it would authorize a coronavirus vaccine so long as it is safe and at least 50% effective. The flu vaccine, by comparison, generally reduces the risk of getting influenza by 40% to 60% compared with people who aren't inoculated, according to the CDC. Dr. Stephen Hahn, the FDA's commissioner, previously said the agency won't authorize a vaccine that's not safe, even if it is fairly effective.
"We're going to be very, very, very carefully looking at those safety data and we're going to be transparent about what we've seen,"
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