“If you look at the map of spread across the country, you can see the risk; it’s very visible. The CDC, during its first news briefing in months on Thursday, recommended against traveling and gathering for Thanksgiving and said people should instead celebrate in their own households. “Traditionally and historically, highly efficacious and effective vaccines have crushed epidemics like smallpox and polio and measles,” Fauci added. That would probably happen around May, based on public health officials’ current plans, Slaoui said. “Most people need to be immunized before we can go back to a normal life,” he added.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2020 17:20 UTC