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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
According to the president of the United States, Trump, a corona vaccine could be approved in a few weeks. And then it should go fast. Certain professional groups have priority, it is said from Washington. The general population is likely to have to wait much longer.
The United States government has presented a plan for the future distribution of a possible corona vaccine in the country. According to the documents submitted, the vaccine must be transported to distribution centers within 24 hours of its approval by the US FDA.The vaccination will gradually be made available to citizens largely free of charge. Among other things, health system employees would have priority.
The first vaccines could be in November or December, estimated the director of the CDC of the US department of health, Robert Redfield. “If you ask me when it will be available to the entire American population so that we can use the vaccine and get back to our normal lives, then I think we are looking towards the end of the second or third quarter of 2021,” he said. him during a Senate hearing in Washington.
The day before, US President Donald Trump said he expected a vaccine in a few weeks. However, he had given it different times. “We are about to have a vaccine,” he said on ABC News. “We could have it in weeks, it could be in three or four weeks.” Just hours earlier, Trump had said on Fox that he expected a vaccine in four to eight weeks. Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BionTech confirmed last week that they would apply for approval in October if their Phase 3 study of a joint vaccine candidate was successful.
Trump fights for re-election
The United States is in the middle of an electoral campaign: in less than two months, American citizens will decide whether Trump will remain in office. This is under enormous pressure due to the current crown crisis in the US Opposition Democrats have already raised concerns that Trump is putting massive pressure on researchers and health officials to pass a vaccinate as soon as possible.
With nearly 200,000 deaths, the United States is the country hardest hit by the corona pandemic in the world. Trump is accused of having long underestimated the danger posed by the new pathogen and of repeatedly misleading citizens with statements about supposedly promising treatment methods.
Trump reiterated one of his most controversial comments on the ABC show, where Pennsylvania voters were able to ask the president questions. The coronavirus will “go away” on its own at some point, the president said. “It would go away without the vaccine, but with the vaccine it will go away much faster.”
