'A COVID-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life,' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Wednesday after being criticized by President Donald Trump for comments made earlier in the day.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield stressed"the importance of vaccines" for COVID-19 in response to criticism from President Donald Trump on Wednesday.about vaccines and face masks to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies earlier in the day.
"I 100% believe in the importance of vaccines and the importance in particular of a #COVID19 vaccine," Redfield said in a statement later posted to Twitter."A COVID-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield speaks at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee reviewing coronavirus response efforts in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 2020.Trump has instead pushed for a vaccine to be approved on an"emergency" basis before the November election, regardless of whether trials are completed.
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