President Trump has made several false claims about coronavirus vaccines, Hope Yen, Lauran Neergaard and Linda A. Johnson report for The Associated Press. Here's a brief summary:
He falsely tried to take full credit for pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc.'s announcement that its coronavirus vaccine might be 90 percent effective. In a tweet on Tuesday, Trump quoted Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to imply that he was to credit for Pfizer's new vaccine. However, Trump's suggestion "that he stood alone in saying a covid-19 vaccine was possible by year’s end is incorrect," the AP reports. "Actually, top health experts said they considered that possible, though far from certain, and were more skeptical of Trump’s claim that a coronavirus vaccine would become available before the Nov. 3 election. The vaccine isn’t expected to become widely available to the general public before 2021."
In several tweets, Trump also claimed that Pfizer and the Food and Drug Administration withheld vaccine information until after the election. That's false, the AP reports: "The company itself learned of the interim results on Sunday, and the FDA was not involved in Pfizer’s decision to announce its early results."
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