Dr. Anthony Fauci.Photo: Patrick Semansky-Pool/GettyDr. Anthony Fauciis giving Americans some hope about when the general public might be eligible to get acoronavirusvaccine.In an interview withSavannah Guthrieon Thursday’s episode of theTodayshow, the chief medical advisor to PresidentJoe Bidensaid of the vaccine, “By the time we get to April, that will be what I would call open season.““Virtually everybody and anybody, in any category,could start to get vaccinated,” continued Fauci, 80.That being said, “It would likely take several more months, just logistically, to get vaccine into people’s arms,” he clarified.“Hopefully, as we get into the middle and end of the summer, we can have accomplished the goal of what we’re talking about — namely, the overwhelming majority ofpeople in this country having gotten vaccinated,” Fauci added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Also in his conversation with Guthrie, 49, Fauci said that the vaccines in circulation now in the U.S. — those from Pfizer and Moderna — “seem to do well against[the] U.K. variant” of the virusthat is spreading throughout the country.“The sobering news is that it does spread more rapidly; we know that from the U.K. experience,” he said. “What we do then is two things: One, step up the public-health measures of the masking,the physical distancing, the things we talk about all the time.""[Along] with making sure we, very expeditiously, get people vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can,” Fauci stressed. “If we do those two things, as serious as we take this variant, we will be able to meet that challenge.“As of Thursday morning, over 33.7 million Americans have received at least one dose of either Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine, while abut 10.5 million have received both scheduled doses, theCenter for Disease Control and Preventionreports.Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via GettyRELATED VIDEO: Dr. Anthony Fauci Publicly Receives the Moderna COVID-19 VaccineSpeaking about Biden’s ambitious goal ofgiving out 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a dayduring his first 100 days in office, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday onTodaythat they are “going to stick to that plan.““I don’t think late February we’re going to have vaccine in every pharmacy in this country,” Walensky said. “We said 100 million doses in the first 100 days, and we’re going to stick to that plan, but also want to be very cognizant of the fact that after 100 days, there are still a lot of Americans who need vaccine,so we have our pedal to the metalto make sure we can get as much vaccine out there.“Late last month, Johnson & Johnson announced"promising” results from their vaccine trials, sharing that their vaccine is 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe COVID 28 days after vaccination. Additionally, it is 85% effective overall against severe COVID illness.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources fromCDC,WHO, andlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
Dr. Anthony Fauci.Photo: Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty
Dr. Anthony Fauciis giving Americans some hope about when the general public might be eligible to get acoronavirusvaccine.In an interview withSavannah Guthrieon Thursday’s episode of theTodayshow, the chief medical advisor to PresidentJoe Bidensaid of the vaccine, “By the time we get to April, that will be what I would call open season.““Virtually everybody and anybody, in any category,could start to get vaccinated,” continued Fauci, 80.That being said, “It would likely take several more months, just logistically, to get vaccine into people’s arms,” he clarified.“Hopefully, as we get into the middle and end of the summer, we can have accomplished the goal of what we’re talking about — namely, the overwhelming majority ofpeople in this country having gotten vaccinated,” Fauci added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Also in his conversation with Guthrie, 49, Fauci said that the vaccines in circulation now in the U.S. — those from Pfizer and Moderna — “seem to do well against[the] U.K. variant” of the virusthat is spreading throughout the country.“The sobering news is that it does spread more rapidly; we know that from the U.K. experience,” he said. “What we do then is two things: One, step up the public-health measures of the masking,the physical distancing, the things we talk about all the time.""[Along] with making sure we, very expeditiously, get people vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can,” Fauci stressed. “If we do those two things, as serious as we take this variant, we will be able to meet that challenge.“As of Thursday morning, over 33.7 million Americans have received at least one dose of either Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine, while abut 10.5 million have received both scheduled doses, theCenter for Disease Control and Preventionreports.Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via GettyRELATED VIDEO: Dr. Anthony Fauci Publicly Receives the Moderna COVID-19 VaccineSpeaking about Biden’s ambitious goal ofgiving out 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a dayduring his first 100 days in office, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday onTodaythat they are “going to stick to that plan.““I don’t think late February we’re going to have vaccine in every pharmacy in this country,” Walensky said. “We said 100 million doses in the first 100 days, and we’re going to stick to that plan, but also want to be very cognizant of the fact that after 100 days, there are still a lot of Americans who need vaccine,so we have our pedal to the metalto make sure we can get as much vaccine out there.“Late last month, Johnson & Johnson announced"promising” results from their vaccine trials, sharing that their vaccine is 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe COVID 28 days after vaccination. Additionally, it is 85% effective overall against severe COVID illness.As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources fromCDC,WHO, andlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
Dr. Anthony Fauciis giving Americans some hope about when the general public might be eligible to get acoronavirusvaccine.
In an interview withSavannah Guthrieon Thursday’s episode of theTodayshow, the chief medical advisor to PresidentJoe Bidensaid of the vaccine, “By the time we get to April, that will be what I would call open season.”
“Virtually everybody and anybody, in any category,could start to get vaccinated,” continued Fauci, 80.
That being said, “It would likely take several more months, just logistically, to get vaccine into people’s arms,” he clarified.
“Hopefully, as we get into the middle and end of the summer, we can have accomplished the goal of what we’re talking about — namely, the overwhelming majority ofpeople in this country having gotten vaccinated,” Fauci added.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Also in his conversation with Guthrie, 49, Fauci said that the vaccines in circulation now in the U.S. — those from Pfizer and Moderna — “seem to do well against[the] U.K. variant” of the virusthat is spreading throughout the country.
“The sobering news is that it does spread more rapidly; we know that from the U.K. experience,” he said. “What we do then is two things: One, step up the public-health measures of the masking,the physical distancing, the things we talk about all the time.”
“[Along] with making sure we, very expeditiously, get people vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can,” Fauci stressed. “If we do those two things, as serious as we take this variant, we will be able to meet that challenge.”
As of Thursday morning, over 33.7 million Americans have received at least one dose of either Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine, while abut 10.5 million have received both scheduled doses, theCenter for Disease Control and Preventionreports.
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
RELATED VIDEO: Dr. Anthony Fauci Publicly Receives the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
Speaking about Biden’s ambitious goal ofgiving out 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a dayduring his first 100 days in office, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday onTodaythat they are “going to stick to that plan.”
“I don’t think late February we’re going to have vaccine in every pharmacy in this country,” Walensky said. “We said 100 million doses in the first 100 days, and we’re going to stick to that plan, but also want to be very cognizant of the fact that after 100 days, there are still a lot of Americans who need vaccine,so we have our pedal to the metalto make sure we can get as much vaccine out there.”
Late last month, Johnson & Johnson announced"promising” results from their vaccine trials, sharing that their vaccine is 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe COVID 28 days after vaccination. Additionally, it is 85% effective overall against severe COVID illness.
As information about thecoronavirus pandemicrapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources fromCDC,WHO, andlocal public health departments.PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMeto raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. For more information or to donate, clickhere.
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