An anti-Covid vaccine before the presidential election? "Possible", believes Trump

US President Donald Trump said Thursday August 6 that a vaccine against Covid-19 could be produced before the US presidential election on November 3, a more optimistic forecast than those of his experts. He was a guest on the radio show of conservative Geraldo Rivera, who asked him if he believed a vaccine would be available by the election.

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“ I think, yes, it will be possible before in some cases. But just around that date ”, replied the president, according to which a vaccine could be ready“ before the end of the year ”, even“ well before ”. " We also have many vaccines under study, " he added. " It looks like we're going to be pretty good on the vaccines, and the treatments too ."

Immunologist Anthony Fauci, a prominent member of the White House crisis cell on Covid-19, had been more cautious the day before on the calendar. The director of the American Institute of Infectious Diseases had said that it would be possible " only towards the end of the year or at the beginning of 2021 " to know " if we have a safe and effective vaccine ". Donald Trump's government has invested more than $ 9 billion in public money in various vaccine projects.