Pfizer Board Member: Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Young Children ‘A Long Way Off’

A file image of then FDA Commissioner-designate Scott Gottlieb testifying during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on April 5, 2017 at on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gottlieb is now a board member for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, said on Sunday that he believes a potential COVID-19 vaccine mandate for young children is likely to be “a long way off.”

Gottlieb, now a board member for U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer, said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that such a mandate for children between the ages of 5 and 11 is likely to be years away.