Prognosis

Fauci Says Vaccines Likely to Offer Only ‘Finite’ Protection

Fauci Says Assume Any Covid-19 Vaccine Will Offer 'Finite' Protection
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Any vaccine developed to ward off the novel coronavirus would likely be limited in how long it would shield against infection, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said Monday.

“You can assume that we’ll get protection at least to take us through this cycle,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an appearance on a live-streamed video conference hosted by the National Institutes of Health.