Current Events > Fauci says chance of coronavirus vaccine being highly effective 'not great'

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/07/coronavirus-vaccine-dr-fauci-says-chances-of-it-being-highly-effective-is-not-great.html

White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that the chances of scientists creating a highly effective vaccine one that provides 98% or more guaranteed protection for the virus are slim.

Scientists are hoping for a coronavirus vaccine that is at least 75% effective, but 50% or 60% effective would be acceptable, too, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a Q&A with the Brown University School of Public Health. The chances of it being 98% effective is not great, which means you must never abandon the public health approach.

Youve got to think of the vaccine as a tool to be able to get the pandemic to no longer be a pandemic, but to be something thats well controlled, he said.

The Food and Drug Administration has said it would authorize a coronavirus vaccine so long as it is safe and at least 50% effective. Dr. Stephen Hahn, the FDAs commissioner, said last month that the vaccine or vaccines that end up getting authorized will prove to be more than 50% effective, but its possible the U.S. could end up with a vaccine that, on average, reduces a persons risk of a Covid-19 infection by just 50%.

We really felt strongly that that had to be the floor, Hahn said on July 30, adding that its been batted around among medical groups.

The vaccine will only be 50-75% effective.

Are people even going to take a vaccine if they know they'll still have a 25-50% of getting infected by coronavirus?

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they dont wear masks now so i am sure thy will act like they are fully protected

Hes not the be all and end all, hes just a dude

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Well yeah the flu vaccine is like 50% too but it saves thousands of lives every year

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Assuming a fair price, 50-75% protection sounds a whole lot better than 0 to me.

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Squall28 posted...

Assuming a fair price, 50-75% protection sounds a whole lot better than 0 to me.

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