Fauci: ‘We Don’t Have Time’ to Run Clinical Trials for Updated Boosters

Doctor responds to the claim

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 4, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci is claiming that there wasn’t enough time to wait for clinical trial data before clearing updated COVID-19 booster shots.

“We don’t have time to do a clinical trial because we need to get the vaccine out now,” Fauci said on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. last week, pointing to how about 400 Americans are dying per day with COVID-19 and thousands of others are hospitalized with the disease.