The world will return to normal after Covid-19 expires in a year, according to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, who also emphasised the importance of annual Covid vaccinations.
“Within a year I think we will be able to come back to normal life,” Bourla was quoted as saying in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
However,”I don’t think that this means that the variants will not continue coming, and I don’t think that this means that we should be able to live our lives without having vaccinations,” Bourla said. “But that, again, remains to be seen.”
“The most likely scenario for me is that, because the virus is spread all over the world, that it will continue seeing new variants that are coming out,” Bourla said.
“Also we will have vaccines that will last at least a year, and I think the most likely scenario is annual vaccination, but we don’t know really, we need to wait and see the data,” he noted.
“I agree that, within a year, I think will we able to come back to normal life."
Pfizer CEO @AlbertBourla tells @GStephanopoulos that future vaccines could last at least a year to fight new variants. https://t.co/Ekqp2WJEV7 pic.twitter.com/0SzoPeKjui
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) September 26, 2021
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, authorised the distribution of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 booster shots for those in high-risk occupational and institutional settings last week, defying an advisory panel.
According to the report, Walensky approved giving the booster shots to older Americans and adults with underlying medical conditions at least six months after their first series of shots, in accordance with the advisory panel.
Meanwhile, a number of scientists and the World Health Organization are strongly opposed to a widespread rollout of booster shots, arguing that wealthier countries should provide additional doses to countries with low vaccination rates.