Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared to take credit for the rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine in an interview that aired Sunday night. Throughout the pandemic last year, however, Fauci consistently downplayed the suggestion that a vaccine could be developed before the end of 2020.
As The Federalist reported, Fauci at the beginning of the pandemic in January said Phase I trials for the vaccine wouldn’t start for another three months. He also said at that time that the earliest he believed a vaccine could be ready for emergency use was one year — or possibly even two. In early March 2020, Fauci said, “It will take at least a year to a year and a half to have a vaccine we can use.”
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