Trump insists coronavirus vaccine will be ready sooner than CDC's Redfield claimed
President Trump’s coronavirus vaccine distribution plan released Wednesday directly refuted a much longer timeline offered earlier in the day in Senate testimony by Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
President Trump’s coronavirus vaccine distribution plan released Wednesday directly refuted a much longer timeline offered earlier in the day in Senate testimony by Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In his testimony, Redfield said not to expect a coronavirus vaccine to become widely available to most of the U.S. population until the summer of 2021 -- publicly rebuffing Trump’s repeated assertion that a vaccine might be available before the November election.
"I think he made a mistake when he said that. It's just incorrect information," the president said Wednesday in response to a question from Fox News' John Roberts. "I believe he was confused."
Trump also refuted Redfield’s claim that wearing a mask may be more important than a potential vaccine because there’s clear scientific evidence that masks work.
The president said he spoke to Redfield afterward and thinks the CDC director may have misunderstood the question and answered "incorrectly." CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
In other developments:
- Trump says Pfizer taking 'tremendous financial risk' in coronavirus vaccine development
- Pete Buttigieg hopes coronavirus vaccine will be area ‘free from political interference’
- Pence scolds Biden's 'very irresponsible' comments on coronavirus vaccine, predicts 100 million doses available by January
- Federal government unveils plans to make coronavirus vaccine free for all Americans
In other developments:
- Trump says Pfizer taking 'tremendous financial risk' in coronavirus vaccine development
- Pete Buttigieg hopes coronavirus vaccine will be area ‘free from political interference’
- Pence scolds Biden's 'very irresponsible' comments on coronavirus vaccine, predicts 100 million doses available by January
- Federal government unveils plans to make coronavirus vaccine free for all Americans
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