Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccines: 'he was confused'
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump predicted on Wednesday at least 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed in by the end of 2020, contradicting a top government health official Trump dismissed as confused.
Hours earlier, Robert Redfield, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said a COVID-19 vaccine could be broadly rolled out by the middle of next year or a little later.
No I think he made a mistake when he said that, Trump said, telling reporters he called Redfield. Thats incorrect information. I believe he was confused. I think he just misunderstood the question, probably.
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A vaccine could be ready as soon as this November or December, Redfield said, adding that limited first doses could go to those who were most vulnerable. But in order to have enough of us immunized to have immunity, I think its going to take six to nine months, he added.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-vaccine/trump-contradicts-cdc-director-on-vaccines-he-was-confused-idUSKBN2673IR
rurallib
(62,511 posts)but we can put 100 million shots of bleach up in no time.
I doubt we could get 100 million fools to take a vaccine on Trump's say so alone.
COL Mustard
(6,021 posts)reACTIONary
(5,801 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)No need to be vaccinated. You'd be infringing on their "freedumbs" if you called on them to do anything beyond buying more ammunition, and Alex Jones survival perineum wipes.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,644 posts)raccoon
(31,151 posts)Need I add.
TeamPooka
(24,344 posts)Grokenstein
(5,731 posts)It's everyone else who is confused, who misunderstands, who is treacherous, who is deceitful and two-faced and incompetent, who is dumber than a bag of farts! Not him! Never him, your favoritest presidentialist!
Marcuse
(7,578 posts)area51
(11,950 posts)but it's not Dr. Redfield.
#DementiaDonnie
#LameDuckTrump
#TrumpVirus
#TrumpFail
samplegirl
(11,531 posts)right with trump at one point! I think Redfield is running scared. Especially since the doctored guidelines to Smithfield meat.
I think he knows hes in over his head as well.
AZ8theist
(5,554 posts)is fucking laughable.
My dog has more intelligence than the TRAITOR.
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,573 posts)I would give anything for just one of these people to stand up to him and just say flat out in a hearing or an interview that he is an idiot. I know it'll probably cost them their career but one person saying he's a f****** moron to his face live on TV would be so delicious just for the explosion that would go on inside his head.
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