Senator Bill Cassidy believes a coronavirus vaccination will be ready by October. Cassidy says he’s been in talks with one of the companies working on a vaccine and feels confident that a product could help resume events with large gatherings this fall.
“Which means that you can go to the LSU-Alabama game and see us put up another forty-something points and you can be safe and that it is great news and faster than anybody thought,” said Cassidy.
Cassidy says if studies indicate the product is effective and it receives the green light from regulators, there will be an ample supply ready.
“So there is going to be 200 million doses of the vaccine ready the day those studies complete. Now if the studies show it doesn’t work, we’ll throw away the 200 million doses, but if the study shows that the vaccine does work, we’ll start giving it the next day,” said Cassidy.
Cassidy says if the product is not effective, he feels confident that other manufacturers will find a solution.
“This is not the only company doing it. There’s other companies as well around the world. And there might be more than one vaccine, just like we have more than one Hepatitis B vaccine,” said Cassidy.
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