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Trump Has To Be Briefed On Vaccines Again – Even After Pharma Companies Spent Hours Teaching Him Yesterday
Donald Trump either has short term memory loss or he is just as incompetent as they come. On Tuesday, a day after pharmaceutical executives sat down with the president for hours trying to explain to him how vaccines work, Trump had to be taught again by a health expert because he didn’t seem to understand.
According to CNN’s Jim Acosta, at the start of an event at the National Institute of Health, infectious diseases expert Dr. Tony Fauci was forced to, again, explain to Trump how long it takes to develop vaccines.
At start of Trump event at NIH, infectious diseases expert Dr Fauci explaining to Trump how long it took to develop vaccines for past viruses versus where we are now with Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/2yOC3WdQnv
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 3, 2020
Monday, Trump met with about a dozen pharmaceutical executives and demanded they rush a vaccine for the coronavirus.
“At meeting with pharma companies, Trump says he is hearing that a vaccine can be ready in three to four months,” reported Reuters reporter Jeff Mason.
“During the meeting, several of the experts and the pharmaceutical industry CEOs had to explain to the president time and again that they cannot necessarily rush a vaccine on to the market,” said Acosta in a CNN report Monday. “The president was sort of asking as he was going around the room, well, how quickly can we get a vaccine out on the market, and do it in three or four months.”
On tour at NIH, Pres Trump is briefed on the way a vaccine will be developed against Coronavirus. Dr Fauci again said it could take a year to a year and a half. pic.twitter.com/zcb4x0zS0u
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 3, 2020
Using slides, NIH infectious disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci briefed Pres Trump on the origins of the Coronavirus and relationship to SARS and MERS viruses. Pres Trump thanked the NIH team for its work. Said they've made "some great finds already." pic.twitter.com/cZNilA44b5
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 3, 2020
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