President Donald Trump claimed a vaccine for the coronavirus will be available by the end of 2020 — contradicting his top health officials
President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that a coronavirus vaccine would be ready by the end of 2020 and returned to touting an unproven treatment for the disease — on both fronts contradicting his own health officials as well as companies developing and testing potential vaccines.
All vaccines currently in development are still in the early phases of clinical trials, and Johnson & Johnson has said the soonest its first batch will be available is in 2021. The company has not yet begun human trials, and doesn’t expect to do so until September of this year. Vaccines often take several years to develop, and for some infectious diseases, including HIV and Ebola, they remain elusive.recently said
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, told Fox News on Sunday morning that "on paper it's possible" to have a vaccine available in January but "whether we can execute and execute around the globe" is still in question.
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