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Trump says CDC director "made a mistake" on vaccine timeline
The president contradicted CDC Director Robert Redfield's timeline for a vaccine. Redfield said a vaccine would not be widely available until the second or third quarter of 2021.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
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