Trump on the death toll from corona in the US: "Too bad" | Israel Today

The president defended his administration's response to the virus, saying: "If we did not do it right, there would be 2.5 million dead" • Pharmaceutical companies: "There will be no vaccine before November"

• US President Donald Trump // Photo: AFP

US President Donald Trump today (Wednesday) responded for the first time on crossing the threshold of 200,000 dead from his country in Corona and defended the conduct of his government during the crisis. 

The president told reporters after the election rally: "I think it's a shame. If we had not acted and done it right, there would have been 2.5 million dead."

Asked again, Trump referred to China's blame for the outbreak and said, "This is a terrible thing. It should never have happened. China let it happen, you better remember that."

During his speech at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, the president sharply attacked China and blamed it for the outbreak of the corona virus.

Trump referred to Corona as the "Chinese virus" and claimed it was the most significant challenge to world peace since World War II. 

"The Chinese government and the international health organization, which is controlled by China, have falsely stated that there is no human-to-human transmission of the virus. Then, they falsely claimed that asymptomatic people do not transmit the virus," Trump accused. 

"Mass vaccination - only towards the end of November" 

While U.S. President Donald Trump has stuck to his promise that a corona virus-approved vaccine will be available to the public even before the November 3 presidential election date, three different U.S. health and drug executives told CNN yesterday that the earliest date will be vaccination It is Thanksgiving, the 26th of November.

The main reason for this stems from the organization's desire to be sure that the vaccine, which is already in the final stages of testing, will be proven safe for humans for 60 days from the time it is given.

It is only after this time frame that the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Modern will probably receive final approval for emergency production of the vaccine according to a special protocol that facilitates the testing processes when needed.

However, according to information leaked to the media in the United States, the two companies are now in the second and crucial phase of the final testing process of the vaccine.

Pfizer tried its vaccine on 44,000 people a dose and now the company has started giving the second dose when already 19,210 people out of the 44,000 received the second dose.

In the modern company, the first dose was given to 33,000 people and now the second dose has been given to more than a third of this group.

This is a long process of waiting between the injections of the two doses, after which the US Food and Drug Administration requires a period of two months to wait for side effects among the recipients of the second vaccine.

Another point that may delay the final approval of vaccines is the requirement to prove that the level of effectiveness of the vaccines stands at 50 percent.

On demand 50 percent of those vaccinated should show immunity to the corona virus.

In a conversation with reporters, the head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Peter Marks, explained the logic of things and said "the vaccine against corona will be approved in an emergency protocol but with more requirements."

Dr. Marx made it clear earlier this month that “given the 50 percent Corona resistance level situation will satisfy us.

We will feel confident when we already have about 20,000 people who will receive the second dose and have not shown any signs of problems for at least a month and a half from the moment this dose is given.

Then we will feel confident about the vaccine. "