Donald Trump: The coronavirus and fanciful thinking
"...this is a rapidly moving pandemic...", said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
Donald Trump lives in alternate reality and believes the coronavirus "will disappear". (#lackofleadership!)
An echo report written by Justin Wise, published in The Hill, and with reference to ABC News.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn said Sunday that he would not make a prediction about when a coronavirus vaccine would be availabl,e after Donald Trump claimed that a vaccine or therapeutic would be ready "long before the end of the year."
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In a Fourth of July address in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Trump said that the U.S. was unleashing its "scientific brilliance" toward developing treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
"And we'll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year," Trump said.
Despite Donald Trump's false claims that a COVID-19 "solution" would likely be available "long before the end of the year," Hahn, who leads the agency in charge of approving a vaccine, refused Sunday to offer a timeline for its final development.
"I cannot predict when a vaccine will be available," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said on ABC's "This Week", Sunday, adding, "Yes, we are seeing unprecedented speed for the development of a vaccine. But … our solemn promise to the American people is that we will make a decision based upon the data and science on a vaccine, with respect to the safety and effectiveness of that vaccine."
Asked about the comments Sunday on ABC's "This Week," Hahn said that the Food and Drug Administration is currently overseeing 141 clinical trials of potential COVID-19 therapeutic treatments. Nevertheless, he said that he was not in a position to make a judgment about timelines for a vaccine.
"I can’t predict when a vaccine will be available," he said, noting that the agency issued guidance about the development process last week.
"Our solemn promise to the American people is that we will make a decision based upon the data and science on a vaccine with respect to the safety and effectiveness of that vaccine," he added. "When those data become available, and I hope those data are available sooner rather than later, we will make that judgment based upon those data and that science."
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in April that clinical trials had begun for three vaccines, with more than 70 in development.
Leading health officials have said that it is possible for a vaccine to be ready for use by January. But they have also voiced caution about the timeline, noting the importance of ensuring that a vaccine is effective first.
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, told The Hill in May "any time you develop a vaccine, you always remember, you always have a question that you may not get an effective vaccine."
"Even if you do everything right and you do everything on time, there's no guarantee you're going to have an effective vaccine. So when we talk about having a vaccine that might be available in December or January, that's assuming that the vaccine is actually effective," he said.
Speaking in an interview for the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Fauci said that he would settle for a vaccine that was 70 to 75 percent effective. But he noted that it was unlikely the U.S. would be able to combat the outbreak if roughly 30 percent of the population refused to take one. Recent survey results indicate that substantial portions of the population are hesitant about receiving a vaccine.
Trump previously predicted that a vaccine would be ready by the end of the year. The prediction was timed with news that the administration was pushing agencies to accelerate the vaccine development process with a project called “Operation Warp Speed.”
During his comments in Washington, Trump touted the U.S. testing capacity, claiming that it shows 99 percent of cases are "totally harmless."
Asked for evidence about the claim, Hahn said on Sunday that "this is a very rapidly moving pandemic" and that "any death, any case is tragic, and we want to do everything we can to prevent that." Moreover, he added that that the U.S. would stop the upward trend in cases so long as people followed health protocols, including wear face masks in public and adhering to social-distancing restrictions.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn said Sunday that he would not make a prediction about when a coronavirus vaccine would be availabl,e after Donald Trump claimed that a vaccine or therapeutic would be ready "long before the end of the year."
and
In a Fourth of July address in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Trump said that the U.S. was unleashing its "scientific brilliance" toward developing treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
"And we'll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year," Trump said.
Despite Donald Trump's false claims that a COVID-19 "solution" would likely be available "long before the end of the year," Hahn, who leads the agency in charge of approving a vaccine, refused Sunday to offer a timeline for its final development.
"I cannot predict when a vaccine will be available," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said on ABC's "This Week", Sunday, adding, "Yes, we are seeing unprecedented speed for the development of a vaccine. But … our solemn promise to the American people is that we will make a decision based upon the data and science on a vaccine, with respect to the safety and effectiveness of that vaccine."
Asked about the comments Sunday on ABC's "This Week," Hahn said that the Food and Drug Administration is currently overseeing 141 clinical trials of potential COVID-19 therapeutic treatments. Nevertheless, he said that he was not in a position to make a judgment about timelines for a vaccine.
"I can’t predict when a vaccine will be available," he said, noting that the agency issued guidance about the development process last week.
"Our solemn promise to the American people is that we will make a decision based upon the data and science on a vaccine with respect to the safety and effectiveness of that vaccine," he added. "When those data become available, and I hope those data are available sooner rather than later, we will make that judgment based upon those data and that science."
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in April that clinical trials had begun for three vaccines, with more than 70 in development.
Leading health officials have said that it is possible for a vaccine to be ready for use by January. But they have also voiced caution about the timeline, noting the importance of ensuring that a vaccine is effective first.
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert and a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, told The Hill in May "any time you develop a vaccine, you always remember, you always have a question that you may not get an effective vaccine."
"Even if you do everything right and you do everything on time, there's no guarantee you're going to have an effective vaccine. So when we talk about having a vaccine that might be available in December or January, that's assuming that the vaccine is actually effective," he said.
Speaking in an interview for the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Fauci said that he would settle for a vaccine that was 70 to 75 percent effective. But he noted that it was unlikely the U.S. would be able to combat the outbreak if roughly 30 percent of the population refused to take one. Recent survey results indicate that substantial portions of the population are hesitant about receiving a vaccine.
Trump previously predicted that a vaccine would be ready by the end of the year. The prediction was timed with news that the administration was pushing agencies to accelerate the vaccine development process with a project called “Operation Warp Speed.”
During his comments in Washington, Trump touted the U.S. testing capacity, claiming that it shows 99 percent of cases are "totally harmless."
Asked for evidence about the claim, Hahn said on Sunday that "this is a very rapidly moving pandemic" and that "any death, any case is tragic, and we want to do everything we can to prevent that." Moreover, he added that that the U.S. would stop the upward trend in cases so long as people followed health protocols, including wear face masks in public and adhering to social-distancing restrictions.
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