Often Against Trump's Statement, Fauci Confirms The President's Recovery From COVID-19

Anthony Fauci and Donald Trump (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

JAKARTA - The famous expert in infectious diseases from the United States (US), Dr. Anthony Fauci said the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump had completely recovered from COVID-19. Trump, he said, could no longer spread the virus and could immediately attend all events, including those that will be held at City Hall in the near future.

Launching CNA , Fauci said that after he and his colleagues from the National Institute of Health, Clifford Lane have examined all reports of Trump's COVID-19 test. The result, right, Trump was declared completely cured of COVID-19.

Fauci is a person whom the US public highly trusted in navigating the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is also known to be at odds with Trump. Fauci's statement about Trump objectively reinforces Trump's claim that he has completely recovered from COVID-19 in a relatively short time.

Even so, Fauci is still at odds with Trump over the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine. According to Trump, a hundred million potential vaccines will be present by the end of 2020. Fauci doubts that. He considers providing one hundred million doses of vaccine at the end of the year as impossible.

Fauci explained, if you look at the development of vaccine manufacturing companies, the US will only be able to vaccinate its citizens in April 2021. That is, if the vaccine has passed phase III of the clinical trial phase and is proven effective. Even if there will be a vaccine available at the end of the year, Fauci predicts the number will be far less than Trump predicted.

Fauci criticized Trump's remarks as a sell-off on political promises. Not only about vaccines, but also about experimental antibody drugs made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals that Trump promised to distribute to US citizens free of charge.

Perhaps it is true that the drug is helping Trump heal himself from COVID-19. But those experimental antibodies are still in too little supply. Especially for mass production. There is a licensing process to go through and it is time consuming.

Previously, last October 2, Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. Then, after a few days Trump announced that he had recovered. So far the US has confirmed 7,948,603 cases of COVID-19 transmission. Among them, there were 216,650 cases died.