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Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | September 16, 2020
And I will tell you, our distribution is going to be very rapid and very - it's going to be all-encompassing. We are going to have a focus on certain groups that have problems - senior citizens, et cetera - but it's a very powerful - it's a - it's going to be very powerful distribution. It's going to cover everybody, and it's going to cover them rapidly.
I don't know whether or not the doctor knows that, how much he covers. But I called him because I said, "Why did you say that long?" He wasn't that aware of it. And the other one was the mask. The vaccine is going to have tremendous power. It's going to be extremely strong. It's going to be extremely successful. We're not going to have a problem.
And the mask may help, and I hope it helps, and I think it probably does. But again, the mask is a mixed bag. There are some people - professionals - Scott, you would know a lot of them - but there are some people that don't like the mask, because of the touchiness and the touching and then you're touching everything else. They have - they feel that masks have problems.
So anyway, go ahead, in the back, please.
Q Mr. President, do you have confidence - Mr. President, do you have confidence in Dr. Redfield? Having listening to you -
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, I - I do. I do. I do.
Q Well, you've just said he keeps getting the answers wrong -
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he gave you some answers -
Q - he misunderstands questions.
THE PRESIDENT: He, sort of, I think, maybe misunderstood a question. But we're beyond that now. We're really in final stages of vaccines. We're getting ready to go phase one on distribution. And I think it may come out even sooner than you think.
I think the vaccine is going to be even better than people thought originally. I think people are going to be really surprised at the success of the vaccine. I think it's going to be a tremendous success. And we're fighting a very powerful party - with a poor candidate, in my opinion - but we're fighting a very, very powerful party, and they're partners with the media, and - because they're working together very closely.
And they only started hitting on the vaccine - when they hit on the vaccine, they only hit on it when they realized that, "Wow, this is amazing. They may have it even before the election." All of a sudden, they didn't like the vaccine so much.
Q Mr. President, one other thing -
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, in the back, please. Go ahead.
Q Thank you so much, Mr. President. Were you informed about positive coronavirus cases in the White House today?
THE PRESIDENT: You're going to - I cannot hear you, I'm sorry.
Q Were you informed about coronavirus cases - positive cases - in the White House today?
THE PRESIDENT: About today?
Q Yes.
Q On your staff.
Q Just - any positive cases today, sir?
Q Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: Say it.
Q Are there cases at the White House?
Q Were there positives cases today, sir?
Q There are reports of White House staff members testing positive for coronavirus today.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I see. About staff? You mean about -
Q Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: I heard about it this morning, at a very small level. Yes. I heard about this morning.
Q How many people?
Q How many?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't know. We can have a report to you if you feel it's necessary.
Q Were they yesterday at the event?
THE PRESIDENT: But it's a small - it's - last night, I heard about it for the first time. And it's a small number of cases. Maybe it's not even cases.
Do you know if - do you have any idea if there's -
MS. MCENANY: Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: What is it?
MS. MCENANY: There - yes, but we're not going to confirm the identities of the individuals.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, that's okay.
MS. MCENANY: Yes, but it did not affect the event and press was not around the individual.
Q How many?
THE PRESIDENT: And it's not anybody that was near me.
Q How many?
Q Mr. President, how many people?
Q Was it at the event last night?
THE PRESIDENT: A very - from what I heard, a very small number. I think you can probably give the number out later on when you find out what it might be.
MS. MCENANY: Yeah, it's one person.
THE PRESIDENT: One person?
Q One person?
THE PRESIDENT: It was one person. Okay.
Q In Philadelphia? In Philadelphia? Was the -
THE PRESIDENT: It was one person. That's - I mean, so not too much. Not a person that I was associated with.
Thank you very much everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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I don't know whether or not the doctor knows that, how much he covers. But I called him because I said, "Why did you say that long?" He wasn't that aware of it. And the other one was the mask. The vaccine is going to have tremendous power. It's going to be extremely strong. It's going to be extremely successful. We're not going to have a problem.
And the mask may help, and I hope it helps, and I think it probably does. But again, the mask is a mixed bag. There are some people - professionals - Scott, you would know a lot of them - but there are some people that don't like the mask, because of the touchiness and the touching and then you're touching everything else. They have - they feel that masks have problems.
So anyway, go ahead, in the back, please.
Q Mr. President, do you have confidence - Mr. President, do you have confidence in Dr. Redfield? Having listening to you -
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, I - I do. I do. I do.
Q Well, you've just said he keeps getting the answers wrong -
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he gave you some answers -
Q - he misunderstands questions.
THE PRESIDENT: He, sort of, I think, maybe misunderstood a question. But we're beyond that now. We're really in final stages of vaccines. We're getting ready to go phase one on distribution. And I think it may come out even sooner than you think.
I think the vaccine is going to be even better than people thought originally. I think people are going to be really surprised at the success of the vaccine. I think it's going to be a tremendous success. And we're fighting a very powerful party - with a poor candidate, in my opinion - but we're fighting a very, very powerful party, and they're partners with the media, and - because they're working together very closely.
And they only started hitting on the vaccine - when they hit on the vaccine, they only hit on it when they realized that, "Wow, this is amazing. They may have it even before the election." All of a sudden, they didn't like the vaccine so much.
Q Mr. President, one other thing -
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, in the back, please. Go ahead.
Q Thank you so much, Mr. President. Were you informed about positive coronavirus cases in the White House today?
THE PRESIDENT: You're going to - I cannot hear you, I'm sorry.
Q Were you informed about coronavirus cases - positive cases - in the White House today?
THE PRESIDENT: About today?
Q Yes.
Q On your staff.
Q Just - any positive cases today, sir?
Q Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: Say it.
Q Are there cases at the White House?
Q Were there positives cases today, sir?
Q There are reports of White House staff members testing positive for coronavirus today.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I see. About staff? You mean about -
Q Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: I heard about it this morning, at a very small level. Yes. I heard about this morning.
Q How many people?
Q How many?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't know. We can have a report to you if you feel it's necessary.
Q Were they yesterday at the event?
THE PRESIDENT: But it's a small - it's - last night, I heard about it for the first time. And it's a small number of cases. Maybe it's not even cases.
Do you know if - do you have any idea if there's -
MS. MCENANY: Yeah.
THE PRESIDENT: What is it?
MS. MCENANY: There - yes, but we're not going to confirm the identities of the individuals.
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, that's okay.
MS. MCENANY: Yes, but it did not affect the event and press was not around the individual.
Q How many?
THE PRESIDENT: And it's not anybody that was near me.
Q How many?
Q Mr. President, how many people?
Q Was it at the event last night?
THE PRESIDENT: A very - from what I heard, a very small number. I think you can probably give the number out later on when you find out what it might be.
MS. MCENANY: Yeah, it's one person.
THE PRESIDENT: One person?
Q One person?
THE PRESIDENT: It was one person. Okay.
Q In Philadelphia? In Philadelphia? Was the -
THE PRESIDENT: It was one person. That's - I mean, so not too much. Not a person that I was associated with.
Thank you very much everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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