In that same speech, Trump slammed 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris.
Getty At his Labor Day White House press briefing, President Trump said that a coronavirus vaccine could come “very soon” and even suggested the vaccine could be ready sometime in October. It’s not the first time Trump has promised a vaccine will come much sooner than other medical specialists, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, believe it could. During his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump said, “We are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year — or maybe even sooner,” Trump said, later adding, “We will have a safe and effective vaccine this year, and we will crush the virus.” In that same speech, Trump slammed 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, for what he called “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric.” Both Biden and Harris – as well as many scientists – have voiced concerns about whether the vaccine has gone through proper development channels. “I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he’s talking about,” Harris said during an interview with reporter Dana Bash. President Donald Trump holds a White House press briefing (LIVE)| USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump holds a White House press briefing RELATED: https://bit.ly/2R14Y0e President Donald J. Trump delivers a speech accepting the nomination of the Republican Party for a second term in the White House in the 2020 election. Trump gave the address at the White House to close out the Republican National Convention. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/33ckI6C » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.2020-09-07T18:19:57Z Trump made several statements, stating that the vaccine will be “very safe” and “very effective.” Trump is likely referencing one of the three major COVID-19 vaccines (two from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health and another from Pfizer and BioNTech, according to CNN) being tested in large-scale trials. However, as Stat News reported, no drug company has completed clinical trials and received authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to proceed in producing vaccines.
