Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning we could see
a "super surge" in cases after the busy holiday travel season.
"We're going to have an
increase superimposed upon that surge, which could make January even worse than
December. I hope not. I hope that doesn't happen, but it certainly is
possible," says Dr. Fauci.
He says the general population likely won't have access to the vaccine
until April or May.
But by then, Dr. Fauci hopes
widespread availability of the shots will help beat
back the pandemic. "We hope as we get into January, February, March and into April
we'll finally be there so that the spring and the summer we can really do a
very good job getting as many people as possible vaccinated."
As variants of the virus are
discovered, more testing continues to make sure the vaccines are still
effective.