President Trump on Friday claimed 'every American' will have a coronavirus vaccine available by April. His own CDC director has said a vaccine likely would not be widely available until mid-2021.
President Trump speaks Friday at a news conference at the White House. He has made fast-tracking a vaccine against the coronavirus a core tenet of his reelection pitch.President Trump speaks Friday at a news conference at the White House. He has made fast-tracking a vaccine against the coronavirus a core tenet of his reelection pitch.
He also promised more than 100 million doses available by the end of the year. The most optimistic scenario included in athat the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday would put the number of available vaccine doses at 45 million by the end of the year. Each person is expected to need two shots for protection against the coronavirus, so that would be enough for 22.5 million people.
During Friday's briefing, Trump said that distribution of a vaccine will begin within 24 hours of its readiness.The timeline for when a vaccine can reasonably be expected has been a point of contention within the federal government., CDC Director Robert Redfield said a vaccine against the coronavirus likely would not be available for widespread distribution until next summer or fall.
Trump later that day re-upped his pledge that a vaccine could be ready as soon as October and said that Redfield, a 30-year veteran in the field of virology and infectious disease, had"misunderstood" and"made a mistake" in his assessment of a vaccine's timing. Operation Warp Speed, the federal government's coronavirus vaccine initiative, has six different vaccines at various stages of clinical testing. But challenges remain in getting the vaccines proved safe and effective and then authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and distributed.
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