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Posted on: March 3, 2020 at 09:10:08 CT
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Donald Trump asked medical experts if coronavirus could be treated with a flu vaccine that already exists at a meeting with pharmaceutical executives on Monday.
The Trump administration called the meeting to discuss early work for developing a vaccine for the virus, which has killed more the 3,000 people and infected nearly 90,000 worldwide.
However, the president appeared to not understand basic information about how a vaccine is tested or produced and had to be repeatedly corrected by public health officials.
When Leonard Schleifer, the CEO of biotechnology company Regeneron, noted that millions of people are vaccinated for the flu, Mr Trump interrupted and asked if the same vaccine could be used for coronavirus.
“You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that would have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?” he said.
“No… probably none,” Mr Schleifer replied.
There is currently no vaccine for the new strain of coronavirus, officially known as Covid-2019, which was first identified in China in December.
The Trump administration called the meeting to discuss early work for developing a vaccine for the virus, which has killed more the 3,000 people and infected nearly 90,000 worldwide.
However, the president appeared to not understand basic information about how a vaccine is tested or produced and had to be repeatedly corrected by public health officials.
When Leonard Schleifer, the CEO of biotechnology company Regeneron, noted that millions of people are vaccinated for the flu, Mr Trump interrupted and asked if the same vaccine could be used for coronavirus.
“You take a solid flu vaccine, you don't think that would have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?” he said.
“No… probably none,” Mr Schleifer replied.
There is currently no vaccine for the new strain of coronavirus, officially known as Covid-2019, which was first identified in China in December.
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