Month: January 2021

Gottlieb says receiving a vaccine does not mean a return to pre-pandemic life Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that life will continue to be altered by the coronavirus, even after Americans become vaccinated against Covid-19. The former Food and Drug Administration chief in the Trump administration likened it to how the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forever changed airline travel. "It's not going to be like it was in 2017 and 2018, when we didn't worry at all about catching a respiratory pathogen," Gottlieb said on "Squawk Box." "We're going to worry about it, even if we're vaccinated. I think we'll worry much less than we're worrying right now, hopefully." For example, he said public venues may still want to take people's temperature before allowing admittance. "I don...

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