Trump says U.S. will manufacture enough vaccine doses for every American by April
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, September 18, 2020.President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. will manufacture enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every American by April.
Trump's forecast is at odds with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said earlier this week that the U.S. wouldn't start vaccinating people until November or December at the earliest and it would be limited. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said a vaccine wouldn't be widely available until the summer or early fall of next year.
Trump's comments came two days after he said the U.S. government could start distributing a coronavirus vaccine as early as October. He said Redfield was mistaken when he said the vaccine wouldn't be widely available to the general public until next summer or early fall.
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