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Journalist: When you promised to develop 300 million vaccines, did you exaggerate?
Trump: No I don’t. We will do our best to spare no effort. I hope we can develop a vaccine, and we will develop it at a rate I have never seen before.
Journalist: So who is responsible for this?
Trump: We … do you know who is responsible? Honestly, it’s me!
△ Video: Trump is full of confidence as Netizen “Vaccine Captain”: Finished!
On April 30, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House that the United States is accelerating the development of a new coronavirus vaccine, called Operation Warp Speed (science fiction movie “Star Trek” A method used for space travel, which can achieve super light speed flight under the state of curvature) and said that he will be personally responsible.
They plan to develop 300 million vaccines against the new coronavirus by the end of 2020. This project may cost billions. Although Trump seems confident that he is fully responsible for vaccine research and development, some American netizens expressed doubts and concerns in light of his surprising series of words and deeds surrounding the new coronary pneumonia.
^ “OMG, Trump said he was in charge of vaccine research and development … We’re done!” An American netizen posted online.
↑ Another American netizen posted a photo. The actor in the photo was holding a blank piece of paper that said, “It will kill us all!”
↑ Some netizens were seriously concerned and said, “Trump is the person I least want to be in charge of the vaccine, especially given his comments on injections (disinfectants) last week.”
↑ Even more netizens screamed directly bluntly: “It’s a joke!” “If you (Trump) are in charge, the United States is in trouble.” “The three most terrible words in the field of modern medicine and vaccine science are, Trump” I am responsible. “
Why don’t you buy it so much? On April 23, Trump said at the press conference that it might be possible to kill the new coronavirus by injecting disinfectant. As soon as this word came out, it immediately caused panic among American doctors, officials, and disinfection water manufacturers, and warned Americans not to inject or ingest disinfectants that are actually toxic. Subsequently, the number of consultation calls received by various states on the misuse of disinfectants increased dramatically, and doctors had to warn the public, “Injecting, ingesting, and smoking household cleaning products are dangerous, and doing so can be fatal.”
However, just two days later, Trump stepped forward to clarify that the statement was just satire for journalists, again sparking a public uproar.
Speaking of vaccines, the process of developing general vaccines is very complicated, during which rigorous measures must be taken: preclinical research-animal testing-clinical phase I-clinical phase II-clinical phase III, etc. Typically, development of a new vaccine takes 10 years or more. The WHO has previously stated that the vaccine is expected to be ready within 18 months, which is an unprecedented rate. American health experts also emphasized that a vaccine is expected in another year or more.
For the observations of the “vaccine captain” of the United States, the scientific community of the United States does not buy it. Not long ago, Horton Thorpe, editor-in-chief of Science magazine in the United States, wrote an article on “Do us a favor” like Trump: “Mr. President, please help, develop the Coronavirus Disease Vaccine in 2019 it will be at least a year and a half or more. If you want the vaccine to be available soon, you have to respect science. “
Producer 丨 Tang Yi
Producer 丨 Xi Luoxi Zhang Qibin
Video 丨 Ding Taoran
