10:49 AM from In-house pool:
POTUS says today's meeting with pharmaceutical executives will be used to discuss a coronavirus vaccine.
="We're talking about a vaccine, maybe even a cure" ~ Donald Trump=
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-print-pool-2-potus-on-coronavirus-va-1842026691
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On coronavirus, the president said:
"We’re working very hard with the CDC, with everybody, on a subject that has become a very big subject. The Country’s doing very well, our professionals are doing an incredible job. We’re also working with other countries to help them because they really have a fear of the unknown. We’re working very much with a lot of other countries, including Colombia…with respect to this problem."
"Some additional people were reported. They’re in good shape, but we have some additional people that were reported. Not very many in the United States."
"Also I’m meeting with the pharmaceutical companies later on this afternoon, we have a big meeting with the biggest companies…We’re talking about a vaccine, maybe a cure, it’s possible, we’ll see about that…We’ve asked them to accelerate whatever they’re doing in terms of a vaccine…This meeting was set up before and that was about drug prices…We brought the numbers down, the first time in 51 years that the drug prices, prescription, have come down."
On whether it's safe to hold a rally amid the coronavirus outbreak:
"Well this was set up a long time ago and others are. You could ask that to the Democrats…They’re all having rallies, that’s what they’re doing, they’re campaigning…I think it’s very safe."
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