Due to alleged concerns about the safety of a vaccine that may be approved by the Trump administration, the state is planning its own investigation into a potential drug.
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State, speaks at a press conference.
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“How the federal government has dealt with the vaccine, there are now serious questions whether the vaccine has been politicized or not,” said the Democratic governor of the US state of New York, Andrew Cuomo, on Thursday. There is a political motive for Republican US President Donald Trump to announce an agent as soon as possible before the election.
Trump critics accuse the president of wanting to force approval for a vaccination before the November 3rd election – even if the substance has not yet been sufficiently tested. Trump expects to have advantages over his Democratic opponent Joe Biden in the vote.
New York as a prime example
In the past few weeks, Trump had caused a stir with the allegation that employees of the drug agency were deliberately delaying vaccine tests. Your boss, Stephen Hahn, then assured that he would not allow any political influence on the approval of corona vaccines.
“To be honest, I will not trust the opinion of the federal government,” said Cuomo further with regard to a possible approval of a substance. He wouldn’t recommend that to New Yorkers either. Therefore, a potentially approved vaccine would first be examined by an independent New York expert commission before it could be distributed.
New York, which was badly hit by the corona pandemic in April, is considered an American model in fighting the virus. Through extensive and strictly implemented measures, the number of infections could be reduced to a minimum and kept there.
Published: 09/24/2020, 10:02 pm-
