Fauci: We should be grateful we have three vaccines

• Author: Ben Ariel
• Published date: 01 March 2021

Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Fauci was responding to host George Stephanopoulos who noted that Johnson & Johnson's vaccine has been reported to be 72 percent effective at preventing coronavirus infection, lower than the 95 percent effectiveness reported by the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

"We've got to get away from that chain of thought, George, for the following reason. The only way you really know the difference between vaccines is by comparing them head-to-head. We have three highly efficacious vaccines that are safe and efficacious. That's the bottom line," Fauci replied.

"This is a good vaccine," he added. "I think we need to pull away from this comparing and parsing numbers until you compare them head-to-head. Just be really grateful that we have three really efficacious vaccines."

Fauci said that if someone is offered one of the three vaccines that have been granted emergency use authorization...