唐纳德·特朗普总统周日表示，他的政府“有信心”美国将在2020年底前获得冠状病毒疫苗。
最近几周，美国领导人计划大力推动COVID-19疫苗的研发和大规模生产。据报道，特朗普政府的项目名为“极速行动”，旨在大幅缩短研发疫苗所需的时间，同时维持一条生产线，在年底前为所有需要疫苗的美国人生产足够的剂量。
特朗普的这番话是在今晚福克斯新闻《美国一起回到工作场所》的一场关于伦德西维尔的讨论中说的。“我们正在非常努力地推进，”总统在提到美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)本周早些时候授权用于严重冠状病毒患者的紧急用药时说。
“我们也在推动其他东西:疫苗，”特朗普继续说道。“我们非常有信心，到今年年底我们将会有一种疫苗。”
2020年5月3日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普从戴维营返回后，在DC首都华盛顿从海军陆战队一号大楼走向白宫时挥手致意。
包括白宫冠状病毒特别工作组成员安东尼·福奇博士在内的卫生保健专家试图通过指出疫苗可能至少在12到18个月内无法获得来控制预期。
当福克斯新闻主持人布莱特·拜尔要求澄清他的声明时，总统重申他的政府相信“我们将在今年年底前有一种疫苗。”
“我们非常努力。特朗普解释道:“我们正在建设供应线，现在我们甚至还没有最终的疫苗。“如果你看看约翰逊和约翰逊，他们正在这样做。我认为，许多公司已经关门了。我会见了他们的负责人，我发现这是一个非常有趣的话题，因为它非常重要。”
总统还补充说，他个人认为时间表是正确的。“我们在食品和药物管理局做着前所未有的事情。我们获得批准的速度非常快，”他说。
新闻周刊向白宫和食品和药物管理局寻求更多信息。
在最近与新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲的一次会面中，特朗普谈到了他的政府为加快疫苗供应所做的努力，并表示他将领导这项工作。“老实说，你知道谁是负责人吗？我是，”总统说。
特朗普还表示，他没有夸大其词。“我不知道是谁说的，但是无论最大值是多少，无论你能做什么，我们都会做到。我们希望能研制出一种好的疫苗。”
根据世界卫生组织(世卫组织)，目前有100多种可能的疫苗正在开发中。
全球领导人上个月聚集在网上，同意应世卫组织的要求，以国际公平的方式处理未来的疫苗。然而，美国拒绝成为协议的一部分。特朗普政府放弃国际合作的举动引发了全球卫生专家的担忧，他们担心疫苗的竞争可能会演变成一场激烈的竞争。
TRUMP SAYS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 'CONFIDENT' CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE BY END OF 2020
President Donald Trump on Sunday said his administration is "confident" that America will have a coronavirus vaccine available by the end of 2020.
In recent weeks, U.S. leaders have planned an intense push to create and mass produce a COVID-19 vaccine. The Trump administration's project, reportedly called "Operation Warp Speed," intends to drastically shorten the time needed to develop a vaccine while also maintaining a production line that will make enough doses for all Americans that need it by the end of the year.
Trump's remarks came during a discussion about remdesivir at the Fox news America Together Returning to Work town hall this evening. "We are pushing it very hard," the president said in reference to the medicine that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized for emergency use in patients with severe coronavirus earlier this week.
"We're also pushing something else: the vaccine," Trump continued. "We are very confident that we're going to have a vaccine by the end of the year."
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One to the White House on May 3, 2020 in Washington,DC after returning from Camp David.
Health care experts, including White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci, have attempted to manage expectations by indicating that a vaccine may not be available for at least 12 to 18 months.
When asked by Fox News host Bret Baier to clarify his statement, the president reiterated that his administration believes "we're going to have a vaccine by the end of this year."
"We're pushing very hard. We're building supply lines now we don't even have the final vaccine," Trump explained. "If you look at Johnson and Johnson, they are doing it. Many companies are, I think, close. I met with the heads of them and I find it a very interesting subject because it's so important."
The president also added that he personally believes the timeline to be correct. "We're doing things at the FDA that's never happened before. We're getting approvals so fast," he said.
Newsweek reached out to White House and FDA for additional information.
During a recent meeting with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Trump spoke about his administration's efforts to speed up the availability of a vaccine and said he was leading the charge. "You know who is in charge of it, honestly? I am," the president said.
Trump also said that he was not overpromising. "I don't know who said it, but whatever the maximum is, whatever you can humanly do, we're going to have. And we hope we're going to come up with a good vaccine."
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 100 possible vaccines are currently in development.
Global leaders gathered online last month and agreed to deal with a future vaccine in an internationally equitable way at the request of the WHO. However, the U.S declined to be part of the agreement. The Trump administration's move away from international cooperation has sparked concerns among global health experts that the race to a vaccine could devolve into a heated contest.
