Americans hoping for a coronavirus vaccine that is not in a priority group will, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci may have to wait another month or two. The country’s leading expert in infectious diseases recently predicted that anyone who wants a vaccine could get it in April, but now he says they will have to wait until late spring or summer.
“I was hoping it would be the end of April,” Fauci tell CNN on Tuesday. “The timeline is likely to be extended to mid to late May and early June.”
The April forecast was based on the expectation that Johnson & Johnson would have more doses available, Fauci said.
Although there are enough doses available in the coming months, Fauci warned that it will take time to administer the vaccines to everyone.
“It could take until June, July and August to finally get everyone vaccinated. When you hear how long it’s going to take to get the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated, I think no one agrees that it’s going to be okay in the end. of summer and we start early in the fall, ‘he said.
President Biden said later Tuesday in a CNN City Hall that enough doses will be available by the end of July for anyone who wants them.