“I 100% believe in the importance of vaccines and the importance in particular of a COVID-19 vaccine. A COVID-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life. The best defense we currently have against this virus are the important mitigation efforts of wearing a mask, washing your hands, social distancing, and being careful about crowds”
– CDC Director Dr Robert Redfield via CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang on Twitter who notes that “[Redfield] does not say he misspoke”.