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President Donald Trump, back at the White House days after being diagnosed with COVID-19, said vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic are coming “momentarily. “Doctors and scientists have repeatedly refuted that claim. Trump, speaking in a video posted to Twitter after leaving the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday, said he felt “better than 20 years ago” after praising the medicines and equipment involved in his treatment. Earlier in the day, he said people shouldnt be afraid of COVID-19, and said, “Maybe Im immune, I dont know,” during Monday nights video. In the video, Trump also said, “The vaccines are coming momentarily. “For a COVID-19 vaccine to become available in the United States, it would first have to gather enough data from Phase 3 clinical trials to be able to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that it was safe, effective and provided immunity to the virus. Data, data and more data: Will make a coronavirus vaccine safe, USA TODAYs vaccine panel saysAt that point, the FDA would ask its external review committee, the Vaccinesand Related Biological Products AdvisoryCommittee, if it concurred. Only then could the agency issue either an Emergency Use Authorization or continue through the full licensing process to issue a license for the vaccine. Dr. Paul Pottinger, an infectious disease professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said hes hopeful there will be good news soon on current ongoing trials, but its his understanding a “robust supply” of a safe vaccine available for public use will not be available for “many, many months. “”Remember, theres always that delay between when we know something is safe and effective and when it is then available to be generally deployed,” he said. “But, there will not be a safe, generally effective, generally deployable vaccine any moment, Im very confident of that. “On Sept. 16,CDC Director Robert Redfield
