Dr. Anthony Fauci walked back his prediction Monday that it will take the United States more than one year to get control of COVID-19.

During an appearance on CNN, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser offered an apology and said he meant to say the goal is actually within reach sooner — the spring of 2022 instead of the fall of next year as he said earlier in the day — but only if people holding out on getting vaccinated decide to get the jab.

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