Trump : The United States will have New Coronavirus Vaccine in a Few Weeks, Maybe 4 or 8 Weeks

On September 15 morning, local time, US President Trump brought a 'good news' to American people. In a telephone interview with the TV show 'Fox & Friends', he claimed that 'we will have a vaccine in a few weeks, maybe 4 weeks, maybe 8 weeks'.

At the same time, he also repeatedly emphasized that the announcement was not for 'political reasons'. Earlier Trump repeatedly insisted that the new coronavirus vaccine in the United States is expected to be available before the end of this year, and hinted that it will be before the November 3 general election.


On the 15th, Trump accepted a telephone interview with Fox News about the topic of vaccine. He foretells the upcoming launch of the new coronavirus vaccine in the United States, 'We have done a great job, and we will launch a vaccine soon'.

Afterwards, the host asked, 'Mr. President, someone criticized you for putting pressure on vaccine research and development, what do you think?'

Trump especially emphasized, 'I did not do this for political reasons. I hope that the vaccine can be launched soon'. At the same time, he ridiculed the predecessor Obama and his administration, saying that if Obama and Biden met, there would be no vaccine for several years, but he and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated the process.

'You know what we have done is incredible, because we will have a vaccine in a few weeks, maybe 4 weeks, maybe 8 weeks ... We have many great companies. Will it be before the election? It is possible Yes, in view of our current research, once we have a vaccine, we will immediately launch vaccine delivery.'

The news that this 'vaccine is about to be launched' is certainly gratifying, but from Trump's mouth it makes people feel a little more worried and suspicious. On August 6, Trump said that the new coronavirus vaccine in the United States may be released as soon as the November 3 general election, or around that day, it is believed that Trump made this statement because of election or political pressure.

According to Fox News, some Democrats have serious doubts about the safety of Trump's vaccine. Both Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates Biden and Harris have made it clear that they believe that 'potential political pressure' will cause the vaccine to be approved and launched prematurely.

In fact, Trump’s high hopes for the new coronavirus vaccine of AstraZeneca, a British pharmaceutical company, have been placed on by Trump, but recently there has been 'problem'. The U.S. media broke the news that Trump wanted to facilitate the review of this new coronavirus vaccine so that it could be released before the November election in the United States, thereby boosting his own election.

But on September 8, AstraZeneca suddenly stopped the new coronavirus vaccine AZD1222, which was co-developed with Oxford University in the United Kingdom and was in the third phase of clinical trials, on the grounds that a subject had 'severe side effects'. On September 14, Reuters reported that although AstraZeneca has restarted clinical trials of the new coronary pneumonia vaccine elsewhere, its trials in the United States have not yet resumed.

Because of this, many Americans do not believe Trump's 'good news' about vaccines, and even question the safety of vaccines. On Twitter, they expressed their views on the news.

One netizen said : I will never get a vaccine 'approved and authorized' by the Trump administration. I will always wait, thank you.

Some netizens said something ironic : The vaccine will be ready in a few weeks, I am so 'excited', am I not? The vaccine has only been tested for less than a year, has many side effects, and there are still some unknown. If you have certain health problems, is vaccination safe? For different types of people and people of different ages, the vaccine trials are not enough.

Some people spit out in a short sentence : Trump said that 208 weeks is also called 'within a few weeks'.

It is worth noting that on September 9th, the famous American talk show host Joy Behar once accused on the show that Trump was speeding up the development of vaccines for re-election. Behar stated that after the vaccine is on the market, she will not be the first person to be vaccinated, unless Ivanka takes the lead in the injection, she will be injected.

In order to get his father Trump re-elected, Ivanka really struggled. Only one day later, Ivanka readily accepted Behar’s challenge of 'I will only vaccinate when I vaccinate' proposed by Behar, and said that she was willing to broadcast the vaccine live on Behar’s program.