President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for surgeon general believes that a more "realistic" timeline will see the coronavirus vaccine distributed to the public starting midsummer 2021. Dr. Vivek Murthy cautioned that the Trump administration's timeline, which would see general public access to the vaccine as early as April 2021, is possible but would require everything to go right. "But we also want to be realistic about the timeline." "I think it’s more realistic to assume that it may be closer to midsummer or early fall when this vaccine makes its way to the general population." ISRAEL PM NETANYAHU GETS CORONAVIRUS VACCINATION: 'I BELIEVE IN THIS VACCINE'Biden, however, made a pledge of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days – a pledge Murthy downplayed when asked if that timeline was more realistic.

Source: Fox News December 20, 2020 18:32 UTC