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Looking ahead, Fauci said he’s “cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. I don’t think it’s dreaming …

• dragonwriter 6y ago
  Your source leaves out a lot of context; see this article with more context on the same remarks: https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-likely-available-to-all-americans-in-2021-2020-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-li... Fauci is cautiously optimistic that a vaccine will exist by the end of the year, be in limited deployment in Spring, and generally fully available in the US by the end of the year to everyone who wants it. But that's cautious optimism that stuff currently in testing and rushed into production in anticipation of success pans out, and there is a risk that it doesn't and we're back at square one. Nowhere does he even suggest a likely timeline if his cautious optimism about the current crop isn't realized, which he very clearly acknowledges it might not be. It may seem to you to be “pretty sure” we'll have a vaccine in 2021, but that's certainly not a conclusion supporter by Dr. Fauci’s statement.