'Best-case scenario' is 85% of Americans vaccinated by end of summer, Fauci says
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, said his “best-case scenario” is getting 85% of Americans vaccinated by the end of the summer.
"If we get 70% to 85% of the country vaccinated, let’s say by the middle of the summer, I believe by the time we get to the fall, we will be approaching a degree of normality," Fauci, who is also the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told reporters at Thursday's White House press briefing.
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"If we get 75% to 80% vaccinated, we could have a degree of herd immunity to get us back to normal," Fauci added. "The concern I have is people who have vaccine hesitancy who don't want to get vaccinated. We need to do a lot of good outreach."
Fauci said he believes Biden’s goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days as president "is quite a reasonable goal."