Murthy believes ‘realistic’ timeline sees public vaccinations starting midsummer – By Peter Aitken (FOX News) / Dec 20 2020
Dr. Vivek Murthy believes that the early 2021 timeline is ‘doable’
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for surgeon general believes that a more “realistic” timeline will see the coronavirus vaccine distributed to the public starting midsummer 2021.
Dr. Vivek Murthy cautioned that the Trump administration’s timeline, which would see general public access to the vaccine as early as April 2021, is possible but would require everything to go right.
“I think when it comes to the vaccine timeline, we all want the vaccine to be delivered as quickly, as fairly as possible, and you can be sure that every day and night, myself and others on the Biden team are working toward that end,” Murthy told NBC’s Chuck Todd during Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” “But we also want to be realistic about the timeline.”
FILE – In this Feb. 4, 2014, photo, then U.S. Surgeon General appointee Dr. Vivek Murthy appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murthy has been named as co-chair by President-elect Joe Biden to his COVID-19 advisory board. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
