'This is a vaccine that we're going to have very soon,' the president said. 'By the end of the year. But much sooner than that perhaps.'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the timeline for a Covid-19 vaccine could be a"question of weeks" hours after a late stage clinical trial for a leading vaccine candidate was halted due to an unexplained illness experienced by a participant.for the vaccine, developed with University of Oxford researchers, a"routine action.
Despite the snag, Trump, who has been pushing for a vaccine to be released before Election Day, said a vaccine could be"only a question of weeks" away during a campaign rally in North Carolina on Tuesday evening. He repeatedly reiterated his belief that if it doesn't come in that time, it will certainly come before the end of 2020.
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we're producing a vaccine in record time," the president said."This is a vaccine that we're going to have very soon. Very, very soon. By the end of the year. But much sooner than that perhaps."Trump went on to accuse Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, of"undermining science and risking countless lives with their reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric.
"It's only a question of weeks or a small amount of time," he added, referring to a potential vaccine."Instead of saying 'that's a great thing, we're going to save lives,' they're trying to disparage it. "This would have taken two or three years by the last administration and in all fairness, by most other administrations. We have upped it to a level that nobody even believes is possible, and totally safe."
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