Trump Says ‘Vaccine or No Vaccine, We’re Back’

President Donald Trump delivered remarks on coronavirus vaccine development at the White House in the Rose Garden on Friday, and he is adamant the United States will reopen with or without a vaccine.

“I just want to make something clear. It’s very important, vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back,” Trump said.

He continued, “And we’re starting the process and in many cases, they don’t have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it.”

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Trump predicted there will be a vaccine in the “relatively near future.” He said the nation is getting ready to gear up production.

“We’re getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine, we have the formula, we have what we need, we’re ready to go as opposed to taking years to gear up,” Trump said.

He added, “It’s risky, it’s expensive, but we will be saving massive amounts of time. We will be saving years if we do this properly.”

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The president acknowledged this is a massive undertaking and it is something no American has seen since World War II.

“You really could say that nobody’s seen anything like we’re doing whether it’s ventilators or testing. Nobody’s seen anything like we’re doing now, within our country, since the second world war, incredible,” Trump said.

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A reporter asked Trump if the hardest-hit states, including New York and New Jersey, would be receiving the vaccines first.

“I think that makes sense perhaps. You know perhaps it does, but, you know, I would say probably. But I think they’re all going to get well distributed,” Trump said.