President Trump said Thursday that a vaccine for the coronavirus could become available prior to the November election, a long prediction that clashes with forecasts from public health experts.

Trump was asked on Geraldo Rivera’s radio program when a vaccine might become publicly available, to which he said, “Sooner than the end of the year, could be much sooner,” according to Reuters.

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