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Quite a few things actually. From President Trump in May 2020 [1]: > Then, my administration cut through every piece of red tape to achieve the fastest-ever,

Quite a few things actually. From President Trump in May 2020 [1]: > Then, my administration cut through every piece of red tape to achieve the fastest-ever, by far, launch of a vaccine trial for this new virus, this very vicious virus. And I want to thank all of the doctors and scientists and researchers involved because they’ve never moved like this, or never even close. > The NIH and HHS have also been working constantly with private industry to evaluate more than 100 potential treatments. > The Food and Drug Administration has swiftly approved more than 130 therapies for active trials; that’s what we have right now, 130. And another 450 are in the planning stages. And tremendous potential awaits. I think we’re going to have some very interesting things to report in the not-too-distant future. And thank you very much to Dr. Hahn. > Through a historic series of funding bills, my administration is providing roughly $10 billion to support a medical research effort without parallel. I especially want to thank Senator Steve Daines of Montana for his incredible work. He has worked so hard to secure additional funding for vaccine development. He has been right at the forefront. He also goes on to discuss Operation Warp Speed [2] which, as far as I understand it, creates trials and determines a distribution plan. [1]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vaccine-development/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-pres... [2]: https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/explaining-operation-warp-speed/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/explaining-operation-warp-sp...

m0zg 6y ago
Work started in _January_, as the dude was being impeached over nothing, and Nancy Pelosi was calling him a xenophobic bigot, while inviting people to party in Chinatown. https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328324970854948866 https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328324970854948866
potta_coffee 6y ago
You have a lot of downvotes but no responses. Seems like the government actually supported this vaccine effort pretty well, I don't understand the problem.
- jeremysalwen 6y ago
  I don't think people were downvoting because the government didn't provide support for the development of this vaccine, but because OP was quoting an extremely unreliable source on this topic.
  - emn13 6y ago
    Also a source that's trying to claim personal responsibility for the successes of others, where none is deserved. A government that had the capacity to develop treatments but choose not to would have been in dereliction of their duty; if there's ever been a clear, classic case for communal response, this is it. Claiming as success a response that only partially obstructed dealing with the virus is obscene; and even the parts that appear to be well-executed were clearly not due to exceptional executive action; many parts of government were involved, not least of which the bureaucrats (aka the deep state, those horrible people that actually keep things running). Exceptional leadership would have been taking action December 2019 or early January - and as many south-east Asian countries show: even clear guidance and simple public health measure matter hugely; but people need to understand and support the measures, because it all hinges on real people changing their behavior; and creating controversy and abusing possible future treatments as distractions from actions that needed to be taken many months ago - and still do - undermines that. And to cap it all off, the president is not working towards delivering those treatments and vaccines, because he's actively undermining the normal transition of power. Even if the election outcome were uncertain, gambling with people's lives like that shows a careless disregard for actually serving country - because an ethical person would at least work to protect others when it's not only their job, but easy, and conventional to do so.

m0zg 6y ago

Work started in _January_, as the dude was being impeached over nothing, and Nancy Pelosi was calling him a xenophobic bigot, while inviting people to party in Chinatown. https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328324970854948866 https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1328324970854948866

potta_coffee 6y ago

You have a lot of downvotes but no responses. Seems like the government actually supported this vaccine effort pretty well, I don't understand the problem.

jeremysalwen 6y ago
I don't think people were downvoting because the government didn't provide support for the development of this vaccine, but because OP was quoting an extremely unreliable source on this topic.
- emn13 6y ago
  Also a source that's trying to claim personal responsibility for the successes of others, where none is deserved. A government that had the capacity to develop treatments but choose not to would have been in dereliction of their duty; if there's ever been a clear, classic case for communal response, this is it. Claiming as success a response that only partially obstructed dealing with the virus is obscene; and even the parts that appear to be well-executed were clearly not due to exceptional executive action; many parts of government were involved, not least of which the bureaucrats (aka the deep state, those horrible people that actually keep things running). Exceptional leadership would have been taking action December 2019 or early January - and as many south-east Asian countries show: even clear guidance and simple public health measure matter hugely; but people need to understand and support the measures, because it all hinges on real people changing their behavior; and creating controversy and abusing possible future treatments as distractions from actions that needed to be taken many months ago - and still do - undermines that. And to cap it all off, the president is not working towards delivering those treatments and vaccines, because he's actively undermining the normal transition of power. Even if the election outcome were uncertain, gambling with people's lives like that shows a careless disregard for actually serving country - because an ethical person would at least work to protect others when it's not only their job, but easy, and conventional to do so.