Trump used to flirt with anti-vaxxers. Now he is demanding a coronavirus vaccine | H Holden Thorpe

Trump used to flirt with anti-vaxxers. Now he is demanding a coronavirus vaccine

"Do me a favor, speed it up, speed it up." This is what Donald Trump told the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, recounting what he said to pharmaceutical executives about the progress toward a vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Anthony Fauci, the longtime leader of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been telling the president repeatedly that developing the vaccine will take at least a year and a half - the same message conveyed by pharmaceutical executives. Apparently, Trump thought that simply repeating his request would change the outcome.

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