Trump Scorns His Own Scientists Over Virus Data
WASHINGTON President Trump on Wednesday rejected the professional scientific conclusions of his own government about the prospects for a widely available coronavirus vaccine and the effectiveness of masks in curbing the spread of the virus as the death toll in the United States from the disease neared 200,000.
In a remarkable display even for him, Mr. Trump publicly slapped down Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the president promised that a vaccine could be available in weeks and go immediately to the general public while diminishing the usefulness of masks despite evidence to the contrary.
The presidents comments put him at odds with the C.D.C., the worlds premier public health agency, over the course of a pandemic that he keeps insisting is rounding the corner to an end. Mr. Trump lashed out just hours after Dr. Redfield told a Senate committee that a vaccine would not be widely available until the middle of next year and that masks were so vital in fighting the disease caused by the coronavirus, Covid-19, that they may even more important than a vaccine.
I think he made a mistake when he said that, Mr. Trump told reporters. Its just incorrect information. A vaccine would go to the general public immediately, the president insisted, and under no circumstance will it be as late as the doctor said. As for Dr. Redfields conclusion that masks may be more useful than a vaccine, Mr. Trump said that he made a mistake, maintaining that a vaccine is much more effective than the masks.
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Trump scorns anyone who's smarter than him and that's most people.