(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) White House Epidemic Expert Fauci: Cautiously optimistic about vaccine development in early 2021
China News Agency, Washington, July 25 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House New Coronary Pneumonia Response Working Group, said on the 25th local time that he is cautiously optimistic about the development of a vaccine in early 2021.
Fauci made the above remarks at an online video conference hosted by the International Leadership Foundation on the 25th. He reminded that it is not yet clear how the new crown epidemic will develop in the autumn and winter, or what the ultimate impact of the epidemic will be. "The only way to end all this is for each of us to choose to be part of the solution."
The data picture shows Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 21.00 on the 25th, the number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States has reached 4.176 million, and 146,000 have died.
Fauci said that some parts of the United States are currently struggling to fight the rebounding epidemic. Although the epidemic situation varies from place to place and requires a response plan tailored to local conditions, diversified anti-epidemic strategies do not mean that there is no close contact between regions. The epidemic in one area will eventually affect other areas.
"Now is not the time to be complacent," Fauci said. "Our work is not completed. We must intensify our efforts, and we must also be vigilant about future uncertainties."
The picture shows tourists on Huntington Beach, California, USA.
He Dayi, a Chinese American medical expert and founder of the "cocktail therapy" for AIDS, pointed out at the meeting that the new crown epidemic in the United States has not yet reached its peak. "Each of us must do our part to slow the spread of this virus."
He Dayi called on the public to use their actual actions to buy time for scientists to speed up the development of new crown treatment drugs and vaccines. "The mobilization of the scientific community is huge and progress is being made. I assure you that science will eventually provide an effective solution to end this epidemic."
The International Leaders Foundation is a non-profit organization with the purpose of promoting international exchange activities in the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. It is committed to enhancing the status of Asian-Pacific Americans and cultivating young international leaders.
On the same day, US Secretary of Transportation Zhao Xiaolan, US Congressman Zhaowen Meng, and the founding chairman of the International Leaders Foundation Dong Jiling gave speeches at the meeting. They paid special tribute to Asian-Pacific medical workers and volunteers who were fighting the epidemic on the frontline, and called on the American public to continue to adhere to the "social distance" and other epidemic prevention guidelines to curb the spread of the epidemic. (Finish)