benjamin siegel president donald trump card participates abc news town hall host abc news chief anchor george vi stephanopoulos national constitution center philad show abc news trump overly optimistic vaccine timing exaggerates availability trump claim close vaccine within weeks get down know could three weeks four weeks intend fact check trump timeline overly optimistic exaggerates soon americans able get vaccinated several likely vaccinum currently going stage iii run pharmaceutical companies enrolling ten thousands participants test vaccines safety efficacy food drug administration approve general use of goods and services top government public health officials experts said possible everything goes well unlikely vaccine trials enough clear compelling data available terminal october beginning november anthony fauci nation foremost infectious disease expert aver cogitate safe effective vaccine terminal calendar year even datum becomes available one vaccines relieve need reviewed fda independent advisory committee gunpoint fda determines data establish vaccine safe effective possible agency concede approval use either limited manner emergency use authorization broad use point vaccinum expected first given groups like health care workers living nursing family read months wider general population receives according populace health officials ben gittleson scoop cites coronavirus excess mortality unreliable international comparison trump claim starting get good note look done compared countries excess mortality excess mortality rate excess fatality rate rate compare europe compared places better one caseful better also big country know talking lot bigger fact check excess mortality number total deaths time period time compared number expected deaths poor comparison make since reflect differences demographics population tightness state pandemic rate available data poor using midpoint forecast centers disease control prevention europemomo information adjusted population latter absent turgid parts europe rate united state europe according analysis another source human mortality database shows europe rate adjusted population higher accounting population actually lower accord analysis due unavailability strong data demographic differences spotty time outbreaks factors cornet comparison misconstrued ben gittleson trump falsely states testing accounts us coronavirus rank trump claim stephanopoulos noted united states world population cases deaths trump replied well cases fact much quiz would testing would cases would cases fact check conducted tests country trump incorrect enunciate level testing accounts country proportionately higher number confirmed cases repeatedly claimed months fundamentally face exist universe whether testing picks testing course identify cases grant data compiled johns hopkins university to the lowest degree several countries conducted testing per capita also few cases per capita australia russia united arab emirates figures shine averages daily tests conducted per head daily percentage tests come back positive known positivity rate percent positive rate despite one highest rates tests per capita faces orotund outbreak world new lawsuit continue trend upwards many states percent positivity remains high countries high screen figures report significantly lower percent positivity rank according johns hopkins best mistaken suggest gamey reported rate cases unify states strictly event increased try ben gittleson arielle mitropoulos editor note article updated let in fact check trump claims crime newfangled house of york city