Dr. Fauci just gave us some pretty scary news about coronavirus vaccines

[Yoni Heisler]

• The first coronavirus vaccine may not be the miracle cure we've been hoping for, Dr. Fauci said recently.
• A coronavirus vaccine would only need to work 50% of the time to get a stamp of approval from the FDA.
• The first coronavirus vaccine may not eliminate COVID-19, but it still would help control it.

With the coronavirus still surging across dozens of states, it's almost as if we endured a three-month quarantine for nothing. Due to a variety of factors -- from people not wearing masks to states opening back up too early -- the rate of new coronavirus cases today is 2-3 times higher than it was a few months ago. Just a few weeks back, the United States saw a record-setting 70,000 new coronavirus cases over a 24-hour period. As it stands now, the total number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. is steadily approaching 5 million.

It's since become clear that the U.S. can't move past the coronavirus by simply adhering to basic safety guidelines. In turn, we're fast approaching a point where a coronavirus vaccine may be our only hope.

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