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In the US election campaign, Trump’s weakest flank is his handling of the crown crisis. That is why he wants to present a vaccine before the elections. Trump even messes with the health authority for this.
By Sebastian Hesse, ARD Studio Washington
For weeks, Donald Trump has believed that he has finally found a way out of his biggest dilemma. If he manages to present a corona vaccine before Election Day on November 3, all criticism of his crisis management would vanish into thin air.
It is no wonder, then, that alarms sounded at the White House when the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States, Robert Redfield, presented under oath a completely different schedule in a hearing of the Senate.
The government’s CDC chief confirmed that a vaccine could be developed by the end of the year. But it will take much longer until it is available to all Americans. Vaccination protection is generally available in late summer 2021 at the earliest, that is, in just under a year.
Press spokesperson confirms schedule
This major correction to President Trump’s schedule immediately called his spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany: “We believe the vaccine will be available by the end of the year,” McEnany said. Cans were ordered in advance, “says McEnany.
His boss, however, did not stop at the answer, but instead picked up the phone: Trump confronted his health expert and then publicly criticized him. Redfield was apparently confused. He made a mistake.
Dispute also about masks
But the president and his head of authorities also disagree on another issue: the extremely politically charged issue of the wearing of masks. Redfield emphasized that the masks have been scientifically proven to work against the spread of the virus. Wearing a mask is possibly even more effective COVID-19 protection than getting vaccinated, the head of authorities said. And again the president fired back: Redfield had misunderstood the question.
The third person, who rejoices when two people argue, was the challenger. Joe Biden said he trusts vaccines, trusts scientists, but mistrusts Donald Trump.
