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Trump Ties COVID-19 Vaccine Timing to November Election

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump is predicting a COVID-19
   vaccine might be ready by this year's election, less than 90 days away.

   "I'm optimistic that it'll probably be around that date," Trump told
   reporters on the White House South Lawn on Thursday.

   "It wouldn't hurt" his reelection chances to have the vaccine available
   by the November 3 election, acknowledged the president. "I'm doing it
   not for the election. I want it fast because I want to save a lot of
   lives."

   The scientific community, including prominent infectious disease
   experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is member of the White House
   coronavirus task force, however, expects that none of the numerous
   vaccine candidates now undergoing human trials will be ready until the
   end of the year or early 2021.

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