Covid-19 roundup: Anthony Fauci, Stephen Hahn testify in Congress; China's Sinopharm speeds into PhIII vaccine trial
In the early days of the outbreak, NIAID-chief-turned-America’s-Doctor Anthony Fauci cautioned Americans that a vaccine could come in 12-18 months. After several months of research and development and hundreds of vaccine projects around the globe, he’s sticking with the most optimistic end of that assesment.
Appearing in a black cloth mask before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fauci expressed confidence about the arrival of a vaccine even as he offered a sober assessment of the “disturbing surge” of infections now taking off in some parts of the country.
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