However, he said, the president was correct in saying that “We could have as many as a hundred million doses by the end of this year. Mr. Trump has often promised that the United States would produce a vaccine before Election Day on Nov. 3. At the White House on Friday at a news conference, Mr. Trump said that once a vaccine is authorized, “distribution will begin within 24 hours after notice.”He added: “We will have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year. Those pronouncements have fueled public wariness over a rushed vaccine, evident in recent polls showing an eroding confidence in a coronavirus vaccine. And in an apparent response to calls for transparency that could address those concerns, several vaccine makers publicly released traditionally secret protocols in the last week.

Source: New York Times September 20, 2020 20:37 UTC