Anthony Fauci

There is a reasonably good chance a COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the US by the very beginning of 2021.

“I still think there is a reasonably good chance that by the very beginning of 2021, if we're going to have a vaccine, that we will have it by then,”

Said on

23 June 2020 · Testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Source

The main highlights from Fauci's testimony before Congress today · The Boston Globe

Should come true

Jan 2021

How sure they sounded

I still think there is a reasonably good chance

Categories

Health

Importance

4 of 5 · Vaccine availability was central to the global pandemic response.

Outcome

Unresolvable

Re-scored under the hedge rule: Fauci said there was "a reasonably good chance" of a vaccine by the very beginning of 2021, which is a possibility, not a forecast. For the record, the FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 11, 2020.

Evidence:

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/11/nation/fda-authorizes-emergency-use-first-us-vaccine-covid-19
• https://poz.com/article/fda-authorizes-first-us-covid19-vaccine