Pfizer delivers final blow to Trump's hope for preelection vaccine
Posted on AllSides October 16th, 2020
From The Left
There won’t be a coronavirus vaccine ready before Election Day, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated promises and vaccine makers’ breakneck speed.
The president’s last best hope for meeting that deadline fizzled Friday as Pfizer announced that it would not seek emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration before the third week of November. The company is the only frontrunner in the vaccine race that has said it could have proof its vaccine works by Nov. 3.
For Trump, the failure to meet that deadline is a self-inflicted defeat. The...