Fauci: UK Covid variant likely will be dominant variant in the US by March

Dr. Fauci speaking

• UK Covid variant likely will be dominant variant in the US by March
• vaccine protection against South African variant is diminished, but vaccine still will do well against serious disease
• US looking into making versions a vaccine that can address South African variant
• scaling up a new vaccine addressing South African variant will take several months
• he expects rapid acceleration of genomic sequencing to come reasonably soon
• must pay attention to safety of children at any age
• distribution moves to a grinding halt in some places as weather slows down vaccine distribution
• expects J&J vaccine production to catch up in April or May