vaccine to those in the most high-risk group" and allow the second dose to be given up to 12 weeks later.The UK adopted the strategy to give as many people as possible the first dose as quickly as possible, saying it affords some amount of protection.Asked about his previous remark on whether the US should change its approach and adopt the UK's plan where Fauci answered, "that's under consideration." He told CNN Friday that this comment had been "misinterpreted."Fauci noted that in their clinical trials, Pfizer and Moderna - the makers of the two vaccines approved in the US - studied the effectiveness of two doses a few weeks apart, not a few months apart.