Anthony Fauci

Neither COVID-19 treatments nor a vaccine will be available in time to enable students' return for the fall 2020 school term.

“the idea of having treatments available or a vaccine to facilitate the reentry of students into the fall term would be something that would be a bit of a bridge too far”

Said on

12 May 2020 · Testimony to the Senate HELP Committee, answering Chairman Lamar Alexander's question about college reopening

Source

Fauci Tells Congress College Opening in Fall "Bit of a Bridge Too Far" · GoLocalProv

Should come true

Sep 2020

How sure they sounded

would be a bit of a bridge too far

Categories

Health

Importance

3 of 5 · Set expectations for US school and college reopening in fall 2020.

Outcome

Accurate

No COVID-19 vaccine was available for the fall 2020 term; the first US emergency use authorization (Pfizer-BioNTech) came on December 11, 2020, and campuses reopened in fall 2020 without a vaccine or a reentry-enabling treatment.

Evidence:

• https://ascopost.com/issues/december-25-2020/fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-for-first-covid-19-vaccine/