Americans who want to get a coronavirus The vaccine that is not in a priority group may have to wait another month or two, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. The country’s leading infectious disease specialist recently predicted that anyone who wanted a vaccine would be able to get one in April, but now he says they will have to wait until late spring or summer.
“I expected this to be at the end of April”, Fauci said CNN on Tuesday. “This schedule is likely to be extended until mid-May and early June.”
The April forecast was based on the expectation that Johnson & Johnson would have more doses available, said Fauci.
Even if sufficient doses are made available in the coming months, Fauci warned that it will take time to administer the vaccines to everyone.
“It may take until June, July and August to finally vaccinate everyone. When you hear about how long it will take to vaccinate the overwhelming proportion of the population, I don’t think anyone would disagree that this is going to be a good end of summer and we are in early autumn. , he said.
President Biden later said on CNN City Hall on Tuesday that sufficient doses would be available to anyone who wants by the end of July.