Gottlieb: Vaccines Are ‘Backstop’ Against New COVID-19 Variants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 05: Scott Gottlieb testified during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on April 5, 2017 at on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images Ad How to Live 120 Years Cholesterol is Afraid of This Simple Remedy Cardiovax 97-yr-old Lagos Man's Secret for Good Health and Low Cholesterol Cardiovax ) Former FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb said the COVID-19 vaccines should be enough to slow the spread of new variants. In an interview on Sunday, Gottlieb claimed the vaccines are the best stopgap against the Brazilian and South African variants as Americans continue to be immunized. We have time to get this right. But we don't have time to waste. Current vaccines will be an important backstop to continued spread, and will help reduce introduction of new variants. By the fall, we could have boosters that are targeted to the changes we see with those mutants. — Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) January 29, 2021 The...