No, I was trying to prevent poor quality replies that blamed him. Because most people’s first instinct for a lot of general pandemic countermeasures skepticism

No, I was trying to prevent poor quality replies that blamed him. Because most people’s first instinct for a lot of general pandemic countermeasures skepticism is to think “trump”. I actually think Trump’s vaccine procurement was one of the best things his administration did. As for your theory, is isn’t that convincing. Lots of government skeptic states had vaccination programs. Only now that that has become political are they cutting them. I’m wondering how it came to be so political and more specifically how the politicians purposefully make their own lives harder. Something like business lockdowns or a mask mandate at the least have costs: you get pandemic control but restrict people. However, bringing vaccines to people who want them is basically a free lunch for a govt: you save much more than you spend and coerce no one. So what are the incentives driving this?