Biggest challengeIn the interview, Fauci called the pandemic the biggest challenge he has seen in the four decades he’s been in his post, rivaled only by the HIV/AIDs crisis.“When you talk about the concentrated explosion of a pandemic that essentially can involve virtually anybody and everybody on the planet," he said, “the answer to your question is, yes, this is the most difficult thing we have faced in a very constrained period of time."Fauci also sketched out a realistic timeline for a vaccine during his interview, and talked about safeguards that should insulate the vaccine approval process from political pressure.
Here’s what he had to say.Vaccine timingFauci said that while it’s “aspirational" to have all Americans vaccinated by.