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Covid: the first vaccinations expected before mid-December in the United States

2020-11-22T21:14:21.636Z


In the country most affected by the epidemic in the world, collective immunity could be reached as early as May.


The United States hopes to start its Covid-19 vaccination campaign before mid-December, once it gets approval from health authorities, and up to 20 million people could be immunized by the end of the year if all goes as planned.

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Our plan is to be able to transport the vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours of approval, so I expect it to be maybe the second day after approval, the 11th or the 12th. December

”, declared this Sunday on CNN Moncef Slaoui, a senior official of the government operation for vaccines.

Moncef Slaoui was asked about the expected date of the first vaccinations in the United States.

Immunologist Anthony Fauci, a well-respected figure in the country, also said he was confident about the progress of efforts.

If all goes according to plan and the vaccines get the valuable clearance from health authorities, "

we may have 20 million people who can be vaccinated by mid to late December,

" Dr Fauci said on CBS. .

Collective immunity expected in May

Moncef Slaoui also said he hoped that once a mass vaccination campaign was launched, the country could expect to achieve "

collective immunity

" in May.

Normally, with the level of effectiveness that we have (95%), the fact of immunizing 70% or almost of the population would allow us to have real collective immunity.

It will probably happen in May, or something like that depending on our plans,

”he said.

I really hope to see the level of negative perception of the vaccine drop and the acceptance by people to increase.

This will be essential to help us

, ”he insisted, alluding to the mistrust of many vis-à-vis a vaccine.

Dr Fauci echoed his point.

If you have a highly effective vaccine and only a relatively small proportion of 40 to 50% of the population is vaccinated, you will not have the herd immunity that you need.

What we need is to get as many people vaccinated as possible,

”he pleaded.

Authorization decision early December

Just ten months after the sequencing of the new coronavirus, the American pharmaceutical group Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday asked the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) to authorize their vaccine against the disease caused by the virus, Covid-19 .

The request had been expected for several days, following the publication of the results of the clinical trial carried out since July on 44,000 volunteers in multiple countries, and according to which the vaccine would be 95% effective in preventing Covid-19, without side effects. serious.

The US agency announced that a public meeting of its vaccine advisory committee would be held on December 10 to consider the request.

The opinion of this committee is advisory.

The decision whether or not to authorize the vaccine will then be up to FDA scientists, and could be made as early as the first half of December.

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Dr Fauci again warned of slackening, as the United States is the country most affected by the disease in absolute terms.

They have just crossed the 12 million case mark, and deplore nearly 256,000 deaths.

Source: lefigaro

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