US President Donald Trump returned yesterday, Wednesday, to confirm that the emerging corona virus vaccine will be distributed on a large scale before the end of the year, which contradicts what the Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday, Robert Redfield, before Congress.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is the highest government agency that oversees the strategy to confront the spread of the emerging corona virus.

The head of the Center for Disease Control testified earlier yesterday and before President Trump's press conference, in which he confirmed that the vaccine will not be widely available to citizens until the next spring or summer.

Senior US health officials rule out that the Corona vaccine will be widely available before spring or summer 2021 (Getty Images)

Two different messages


When asked why his message was different from Redfield's message about the schedule for launching the vaccine and the effectiveness of using face masks, he replied that Redfield had "made a mistake" or "misunderstood" the questions.

Trump said that the distribution will be very fast, "he may not know that, maybe he is not aware of this and may not deal with the army, as I do," adding, "The distribution will be very fast, and the vaccine will be very strong."

In his White House press conference, Trump refuted Redfield's assertion - before a Senate committee hours earlier - that wearing a mask is still "the most important and strongest tool for our public health."

Trump mocked his Democratic opponent Joe Biden for wearing a face mask (Reuters)

Trump mocked,


instead, Trump downplayed the importance of face masks compared to the vaccine, and mocked his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, for routinely wearing the muzzle in public places, according to the guidelines of the US health authorities.

"Joe feels very safe wearing the muzzle, I don't know. He might not want to reveal his face."

For his part, Biden said in a television interview, "I trust the vaccine, and I trust scientists, but I do not trust Donald Trump." And he added that if the vaccine meets certain criteria, he urges people to take it.

And 9 of the major pharmaceutical companies seeking to find a vaccine to counter the Corona virus, last week, pledged not to seek approval from the Federal Food and Drug Administration before completing all enough data to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the new vaccine in the large and necessary clinical trials.

The schedule for launching the vaccine


And senior US health officials confirmed yesterday before the Senate session that it is unlikely that the Corona vaccine will be widely available before the spring or summer of 2021, and they stressed the importance of wearing face masks as an effective defense line in facing the virus.

"I might go so far as to say that this face mask is guaranteed to protect me from the Coronavirus more than it would be when getting a vaccine," Redfield said with confidence.

He stressed that "it will take 6 to 9 months after obtaining the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness and safety of the new vaccine before it is distributed nationwide."

President Trump does not stop repeating that the vaccine will be ready in a much faster time frame, and in an interview two days ago to Fox News, Trump said, "We will get a vaccine within weeks," adding that "it could be before the elections."

These statements contradict what is confirmed by most health officials, led by Dr. Moncef El-Salawi, head of the White House's Vaccine Development Program.

Al-Sallawi ruled out in an interview with American Digital Radio that the vaccine will be ready before the elections.

According to Johns Hopkins University data, the total deaths from Corona virus in the United States exceeded 196,000, and infected 6.6 million others by the end of Wednesday.