Fauci Expects Ruling On J&J Vaccine By Friday [VIDEO]

Bloomberg News reports:

A decision on whether and how to resume vaccinating Americans with the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus shot will probably come by Friday, the top U.S. infectious diseases specialist said.

It would be surprising “if we don’t have a resumption in some form by Friday,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said CBS’s “Face the Nation,” one of four scheduled Sunday talk-show interviews.

One possibility would be to resume using the vaccines with some form of restriction, or some form of warning, Fauci said. “I doubt very seriously if they just cancel” the vaccine, Fauci said in a separate interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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Dr. Fauci says he hopes a decision about the pause on the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be made after CDC advisers meet on Friday.

“I do think we will get it back in some manner or form, but what … I hope, that we don’t see anything extended beyond Friday.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/2m3aeaacmz

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