Trump news conference, 4.30pm. I think he's found a vaccine...

[Helenj1977]

Did you hear that on BBC? How amazing would that be.

[Darlingsleepthief]

Unlikely

[GCAcademic]

He's found a vaccine? Truly, there is no limit to the man's talents!

[Helenj1977]

Obviously not him. The update is with the food and drug administration.

[DGRossetti]

He's found a vaccine? Truly, there is no limit to the man's talents!

I don't know, he's just a natural at it. He's very good at science. He could have been a scientist. He's a great scientist. He gets it. he does science bigly. Science is kinda a thing, you see. And it's his thing that he does. In fact he does great science. He's got all the elements of medical.

[Hushpuppy1]

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/health/coronavirus-vaccine.html

Testing of a possible vaccine has begun.

[nickblainesmistress]

@DGRossetti 😂

[Helenj1977]

Well, you can all be dicks and I'll be hoping they have found something 😂

[ChardonnaysPetDragon]

It’ll be the greatest vaccine ever.

[Helenj1977]

Maybe we'll get a free baseball cap 😂

[madcatladyforever]

Who is is going to pay for it, the Mexicans or the americans?

[onalongsabbatical]

Is it a bigly vaccine, will it be bigly enough for all of us or is it just for his Americans?
Will he call it the Covfefe vaccine? When he invented the word Covfefe, was he predicting Covid-19 with his bigly genius brain?

[ihatethecold]

This thread is making me chuckle.

[Helenj1977]

Maybe he has now tested positive...

[Helenj1977]

And to think I thought people might like to know. This is actually cheering me up 😂

[DGRossetti]

Well, you can all be dicks and I'll be hoping they have found something

They really aren't mutually exclusive. You should hear what they said about Alexander Flemings combover.

[Medievalist]

DGRossetti - great post!

[hanahsaunt]

It has been a very long day already but@onalongsabbatical has just made me laugh. Thank you!

[onalongsabbatical]

@hanahsaunt thanks, I'm glad.

[TheLinerunner]

Loving it, DGR

There are some early trials going on in China and in two locations in the US. Very early. They involve previously unexposed victims volunteers being injected with the trial vaccine. There is then a wait. Then they are exposed to the virus. Then they are monitored. Then all this has to be peer-reviewed and replicated.

Small numbers at this early stage.

[7Days]

I believe Mexico are putting pressure on him to finish that wall

[TheFormidableMrsC]

He's found a vaccine

Four very big words.

[delilahbucket]

The testing started several days ago. Don't expect its release any time soon, it will be a very long time yet.

[OhLookHeKickedTheBall]

It'll be an amazing vaccine, beautiful, personally founded by trump.

[Weregoingonanadventure]

I thought a German company were also working on a couple very promising vaccines?

[HonestlyItsFine]

Vaccines take at least 12 months- if you rush them.
I'd rather they announced an effective treatment at this stage. Fingers crossed.