Coronavirus vaccine setback a headache for Trump | FarrahTomazin
A day after US President Donald Trump said a coronavirus vaccine could be ready within weeks and possibly before the presidential election, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced its clinical trials would be temporarily suspended, adding to fears the process was being rushed.
AstraZeneca is one several companies the Trump administration enlisted as part of Operation Warp Speed – a multibillion-dollar project that aims to deliver 300 million doses of "safe and effective vaccines"by January. However, on Wednesday morning AstraZeneca said human trials had been halted due to a "potentially unexplained illness".
In recent days, the President has been particularly positive, telling reporters it could be announced within weeks — possibly even in October. The Biden campaign worked to sow doubt about the administration's ability to keep politics out of a vaccine rollout, saying the President routinely overstated progress and liked to punish those who disagreed with his plans.
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