Trump's rebuke of CDC director sows confusion on vaccine timeline
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He also dismissed Redfield's suggestion that wearing a mask might even be more effective than the vaccine, because a vaccine is only effective if it produces an immune response whereas a mask provides an immediate physical barrier.Redfield had said earlier that day it's possible vaccine doses would be available in November or December, but in limited supply."If you're asking me 'When is it going to be generally available to the American public?' so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, I think we're probably looking at third, late-second quarter, third quarter 2021," Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Committee.But Trump didn't like the timeline, bluntly telling reporters just hours later in a White House press briefing: "That's incorrect information."The president said he even called the CDC director, a political appointee, after the Senate hearing to talk about it."I think he just made a mistake.
As said here by Anne Flaherty