United States President Donald Trump predicted at least 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed by the end of 2020, contradicting a top government health official.
The contradiction between President Trump and health experts on an issue that has become a focal point of the 2020 election campaign highlighted the lack of trust Biden said he and the public have in the president's handling of the pandemic, which has killed nearly 200,000 Americans.
Mr Biden, speaking after receiving a briefing by public health experts, said he supported a rapid COVID-19 vaccine to help American life return to normal, but said the process should be guided by science and safety, not politics.'A lot of problems with masks' Democrats have expressed concern that Mr Trump is pressuring government health regulators and scientists to approve a rushed vaccine in time to help his uphill bid for reelection.He also raised eyebrows when asked at the town hall why he had downplayed the gravity of the pandemic in its early months.
The comment caught wide flak, including from Joe Biden, who also knocked Mr Trump for saying the Democrat declined to institute a mask mandate.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wants a national mask mandate.Mr Trump's anti-mask message got a dressing down of sorts by Mr Redfield too, as the CDC director held up a medical mask to senators and said"I might go so far as to say that this facemask is more guaranteed to protect me against Covid than when I take a Covid vaccine.
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