Trump gets a fact check on coronavirus vaccines — from his own officials

Trump often boasts that he knows more than so-called experts, but the stakes for his exaggerations have rarely been so high.

Nearly every time President Donald Trump has talked about a coronavirus vaccine, he has gotten a real-time fact check from a health expert sitting nearby.

“So you’re talking over the next few months, you think you could have a vaccine?” Trump asked during a meeting with top health officials on Monday.

“You won’t have a vaccine,” corrected Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar after some cross talk. “You’ll have a vaccine to go into testing.” Continue reading.