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Fauci Says Fast Development of Vaccines Doesn’t Threaten Safety

WATCH: Dr. Anthony Fauci says a Covid-19 vaccine can be made quickly and safely.Source: Bloomberg)
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The rapid speed at which researchers are developing coronavirus vaccines doesn’t mean that safety is being sacrificed, said Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert.

“The rapidity with which we are moving relates more to technological advances with how you can make a vaccine even before you start testing it,” Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the top U.S. health officials, said on Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.