Throughout the meeting, Trump pressed industry leaders in the room for a timeline for a coronavirus vaccine and treatment. But experts at the table repeatedly emphasized that a vaccine can't be rushed to market before it's been declared safe for the public
Trump was asked about a timeline for a vaccine during the Cabinet Room meeting with pharmaceutical executives and members of his task force."I don't know what the time will be. I've heard very quick numbers, that of months. And I've heard pretty much a year would be an outside number. So I think that's not a bad range. But if you're talking about three to four months in a couple of cases, a year in other cases," Trump said. But Dr.
"So you're talking over the next few months, you could have a vaccine?" Trump later asked Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna, a biotechnology company. "Correct, phase two ," Bancel answered.Fauci interjected:"He wouldn't have a vaccine. He'd have a vaccine to go into testing." Trump said:"Oh, so you're talking in about a year."Fauci said:"A year to a year and a half.
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