Dr. Scott Gottlieb offered hope over the weekend for those worried over the coronavirus pandemic and the need for a vaccine.
What’s happening:
Gottlieb said the U.S. and the world will likely see a successful vaccine in early 2021. That’s almost more than six months away.
In the meantime, Gottlieb said there are two things that can help stop the spread right now. One of those is a mask. Wearing a mask can help protect you and others from spreading the coronavirus pandemic.
But Gottlieb said there’s hope for something coming in the fall that could help Americans.
“2020 will be a hard year but then we’ll more fully vanquish COVID with our technology. It will recede into a more manageable threat. Preserving things most central to our lives requires all of us to work together to reduce risks every day. Collectively we can stop these epidemics
“A vaccine is probably an early 2021 event based on publicly available data. But don’t lose sight of therapeutic antibodies. They should be available this fall and could be produced at scale by the end of the year. There’s a lot of technology in development in addition to vaccines.”
More from Gottlieb
- Gottlieb appeared on “Face the Nation” over the weekend, where he implored for Americans to wear masks whenever they could.
- “We mandate that people have to wear seat belts in cars, but we’re not saying that they have to wear a mask in the setting of an epidemic.”
- He told “Face the Nation” that the U.S. can expect two weeks of COVID-19 growth “even if we take aggressive actions right now, which across the board we’re not doing.”