Shortly after Trump downplayed the severity of the Coronavirus and said that the spread of the virus was under control, US officials told senators that the virus was highly contagious and that a vaccine was at least 12 months-18 months away, according to three senators present
Manchin told me he asked NIH’s Tony Fauci whether they were close to a vaccine and Faucci said “no,” according to Manchin. “I guess Tony should know... It’s very contagious.”
Asked if the virus is under control in the US, as Trump said, Manchin said: “I did not hear that in our briefing - that everything is under control .. that’s what concerned me.”
Lamar Alexander said: “The vaccine for the Coronavirus is moving more rapidly than any vaccine we have already tried to approve - but it will take a year or 18 months. The way to stop (an outbreak) is quarantine and monitoring.”
Alexander said: “I believe it’s under control. Do I think it will spread in the United States? The advice we got today is inevitably it will spread.”
There were 40 senators present for the all-senators briefing, Alexander said
Senators also said there was concern that there have not been enough masks produced in the US to help prevent the spread of the virus. *Fixing words from previous thread
Senators also said there was concern that there have not been enough masks produced in the US to help prevent the spread of the virus. *Fixing words from previous thread
