Fauci: FDA Panel Concluded J&J Vaccine Should Have Been 2 Doses

Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci responds to accusations by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as he testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool/AP Photo

White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has suggested that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should have been two doses after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended booster doses for the vaccine when it becomes available.

“This should have been a two-dose vaccine to begin with,” Fauci told ABC News on Oct. 17. ”I think it’s very favorable for those who have received the J&J vaccine. I don’t see that as a problem at all.”