'There's No Quick Fix For COVID-19,' Cautions Pennsylvania Secretary Of Health
As state health officials make plans for a vaccine, many questions remain unanswered. In Pennsylvania, the top health official says she does not know how many doses will be made available initially.
For all the hope being placed in a coronavirus vaccine, Pennsylvania's secretary of health delivered a sobering note of caution Thursday on how long it will take to bring the pandemic under control. A vaccine is "the light at the end of the tunnel," she said, "but there's no quick fix to COVID-19."
In an interview, Dr. Rachel Levine outlined a laundry list of issues that state health officials nationwide are racing to resolve now that two separate vaccines appear on the cusp of approval by the Food and Drug Administration. They cover everything from funding for distribution and how to safely store the vaccine at , to more basic questions like how many doses will be available and when.
