Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday afternoon that New York would not be receiving a coronavirus vaccine when it’s available, thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent criticism of the Trump administration’s virus handling.
"(Cuomo) will have to let us know when he’s ready for it because otherwise, we can’t be delivering it to a state that won’t be giving it to its people immediately,” Trump said during a press conference from the White House Rose garden, according to CNBC
“He doesn’t trust where the vaccine is coming from,” Trump added, according to the news outlet. “These are coming from the greatest companies anywhere in the world, greatest labs in the world, but he doesn’t trust the fact that it’s this White House, this administration, so we won’t be delivering it to New York until we have authorization to do so and that pains me to say that.”
Cuomo immediately went on MSNBC to respond to Trump’s statement, saying that seven other states were doing a review similar to New York’s and that the review would be concurrent to the federal government’s review, so there would be no delay.
“A number of states, New York included, to try to build credibility so the people will actually accept the vaccine, put together their own scientific review panels,” Cuomo said. “Ours is headed by a Nobel Prize laureate who will review the FDA process so we can say to people, it is safe, you should take the vaccine.”
Cuomo also said late last month that he thinks the American people don’t trust the vaccine because they don’t trust the federal government. He pointed to a Pew study from September that showed 49% of Americans “probably" or “definitely” wouldn’t get the vaccine if it were made available today, and pollster KFF found in September that 62% of Americans worry the Trump administration will pressure the Food and Drug Administration will rush the vaccine due to political pressure.
"I believe the American people are skeptical about the vaccine,” Cuomo said in conference call with reporters Oct. 20. “Why? Because I think they’re skeptical about the professionalism of this federal government’s health response.”
He also said in late September that the New York would form an independent task to review data from every Covid-19 vaccine approve by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and would independently review the vaccines.
On Twitter, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said Trump’s pandemic response should not give Americans faith in the vaccine and that Cuomo is “fighting to ensure” the communities that were hit hardest by the virus receive the vaccine.
“None of what he said is true, surprise, surprise," Cuomo said, according to news reports.
Earlier this week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced preliminary results of a vaccine student that showed it was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19.
Authorities have stressed it’s unlikely any vaccine will arrive much before the end of the year, and limited initial supplies will be rationed.
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