Speed up vaccine development: Trump
Washington -
President Donald Trump has urged the authorities to pay special attention to the rapid development of vaccines. Announcing "Operation Warp Speed" at the White House on Friday, the president said the vaccine should arrive by the end of the year.
However, he also said that "whether the vaccine arrives or not, the country will be reopened anyway."
His administration has also taken steps this week to make sure there is no shortage of critical medical equipment in the United States.Correspondent Patsy Vadaksara says in her report that President Trump plans to have millions of vaccines for the corona virus by January 2021.
Most public health experts believe that this may not be possible within the time limit set for vaccine development. But he says it could be for people who are at higher risk, such as health care workers or the elderly. This vaccine should be prepared for them for every emergency use.
Anand Parikh, chief medical adviser at the policy center, says everything has to be done with great skill."As far as the general public is concerned, I think it will take 18 months to prepare a vaccine for their use, if all goes well," he said.
With presidential elections looming in November, Trump wants to open up the country and get the economy back on track.
"Whether it's a vaccine or not, we're coming back," he said. We are starting the process of opening the country. And in many cases there is no vaccine. And a virus or flu keeps coming. And you go ahead and fight it. ”Trump expressed support for protesters who want individual states to withdraw their stay at home and open up their economies, although many of those states do not meet that standard. They are appointed by their own government and are required to open them.
Some of them, known as the Red States, voted for Trump in 2016.
Analysts say states that have been opened prematurely and where cases of the corona virus have increased could hurt President Trump politically.
