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`By KATHRYN WATSON, EMILY TILLETT / CBS NEWS / November 22, 2020, 11:53 AM
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`Gottlieb says vaccine will
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`Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said the
`COVID-19 vaccine will likely be widely available to the general public by the
`middle of 2021, but warned of a "very difficult period" in the months ahead.
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`https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-gottlieb-vaccine-available-general-population-middle-2021-face-the-nation/[11/30/2020 9:32:36 PM]
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`Gottlieb says vaccine will likely be widely available by middle of 2021 - CBS News
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`Gottlieb, appearing on "Face the Nation," said elderly residents in nursing homes
`will likely be the first group to get vaccinated once a vaccine is approved. After
`that, elderly people living at home could be the next group vaccinated, with lower
`age groups and populations with less risk being eligible to receive it by "probably
`second quarter of 2021, maybe third quarter, if things go well."
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`"We'll be able to vaccinate the public or a good portion of the public heading into
`the fall of 2021," Gottlieb said. "I think 2021 is going to be a much different year
`with COVID, with the combination of the vaccine and other therapeutics, the
`therapeutic antibodies that will be in wider supply in 2021. What we really need to
`get through is the next two or three months."
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`Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation"
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`Gottlieb also said the U.S. doesn't likely need 70% of the population to receive the
`vaccine to achieve herd immunity, estimating that up to 30% of the U.S.
`population might have contracted COVID-19 by the end of the winter, and thus
`have some level of immunity.
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`"What you need to do is get some percentage of the people who haven't already
`had the infection vaccinated and ideally some of the people who have had the
`infection to basically double down on their immunity," he said.
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`The former FDA commissioner said "we don't know yet" if the COVID-19 vaccine
`will need to be given annually, like the flu shot, but predicted it would be as a
`precaution.
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`"My guess is it's going to be an annual vaccination for a period of time until we
`know more," Gottlieb said.
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`Like Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gottlieb urged caution in the hard winter months ahead.
`Nobody wants to be that person who contracts COVID-19 in the next few months
`when a vaccine is just around the corner, he said.
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`"There is light at the end of the tunnel right now," Gottlieb said. "We just need to
`get through a very difficult period right now."
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