Fauci: AstraZeneca’s pause on vaccine trial ‘shows the system works’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said AstraZeneca’s decision to pause clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday should boost public confidence that vaccine makers are putting safety first.

“In some respects, it shows that the system works,” Fauci said Wednesday on Fox News. “In other words, the checks and balances that you have when you do a trial that is a large number of people, that’s carefully watched and carefully controlled.”