Headlines from my chat with Dr. Fauci this am:
1- Whether the US will have a Covid-19 by October remains "unlikely" but "not impossible," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, told me.
"These are all guesstimates," Fauci said
1- Whether the US will have a Covid-19 by October remains "unlikely" but "not impossible," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, told me.
"These are all guesstimates," Fauci said
2- “I would assume, & I'm pretty sure it's going to be the case, a vaccine would not be approved for the American public unless it was indeed both safe & effective. If that's the case Jim, I would not hesitate for a moment to take the vaccine myself & recommend it for my family."
3- On convalescent plasma: “The data do not indicate strongly one way or the other...It looks almost certainly that it's safe. The real question is, how effective is this? And that will have to await the proper clinical trials."
4- On whether politics is driving vaccine approval: "Data has always been the thing that has driven me & my colleagues here at the NIH..FDA & CDC...so I think that people can feel confident that when these data come in, they will be examined appropriately and a decision made."
5- On opening schools: “If you're in a situation in a green zone where you have a very low level of infection & test positivity then in general you can open the schools w/impunity as long as you're heads up & you have a plan of knowing what to do when you see children..infected”
6- On Labor Day: “We don't want to see a repeat of the surges we have seen following the holiday weekends. That doesn't mean you have to lock yourself in a room..but there are certain fundamental things that you can do” such as wearing masks, avoiding crowds & gathering outside”
