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I think that if the media had given Trump credit for Operation Warpspeed/the vaccines there’d be a lot less vaccine hesitancy on the right. I’m not saying peop

I think that if the media had given Trump credit for Operation Warpspeed/the vaccines there’d be a lot less vaccine hesitancy on the right. I’m not saying people being less hesitant because of that would be logical, but it’s one way their bias has actually killed people. Frankly, Biden should have done so too. I think it would have been the best ethical and political move. Imagine if they did a commercial together telling people to get vaccinated.

jahewson 5y ago
Operation Warpspeed was a miserable failure. They promised 100 million vaccines by the end of 2020 and managed 5m, screwing up at almost every step. And it’s not like they did anything to speed up vaccine development, because that was all done in Europe. Realize that as soon as Biden took over then there was zero chance of any conservative doing anything to help Biden “succeed” in any dimension, regardless of how many lives are on the line. You don’t see Trump on Fox News telling people to get vaccinated do you?
- Auracle 5y ago
  They were late by what - a few months? Speaking of Europe, we had vaccines for quite a while and they didn't. There's also no way prepurchasing a bunch of different vaccines didn't help/fund development. As per your second point, I agree. On the other side you had democratic presidential candidates saying they wouldn't take "Trump's vaccine." It's disgusting what the political divide has brought.
p_j_w 5y ago
>I think that if the media had given Trump credit for Operation Warpspeed/the vaccines Is there any evidence that Trump deserves credit for this or that it was actually successful?
- Auracle 5y ago
  He deserves as much credit as most presidents do for most things done under them...which is to say, not much. But you can be damned sure that if Biden was president first and then Trump we'd still be hearing about how it was due to President Biden that we have the vaccines.

jahewson 5y ago

Operation Warpspeed was a miserable failure. They promised 100 million vaccines by the end of 2020 and managed 5m, screwing up at almost every step. And it’s not like they did anything to speed up vaccine development, because that was all done in Europe. Realize that as soon as Biden took over then there was zero chance of any conservative doing anything to help Biden “succeed” in any dimension, regardless of how many lives are on the line. You don’t see Trump on Fox News telling people to get vaccinated do you?

Auracle 5y ago
They were late by what - a few months? Speaking of Europe, we had vaccines for quite a while and they didn't. There's also no way prepurchasing a bunch of different vaccines didn't help/fund development. As per your second point, I agree. On the other side you had democratic presidential candidates saying they wouldn't take "Trump's vaccine." It's disgusting what the political divide has brought.

p_j_w 5y ago

>I think that if the media had given Trump credit for Operation Warpspeed/the vaccines Is there any evidence that Trump deserves credit for this or that it was actually successful?

Auracle 5y ago
He deserves as much credit as most presidents do for most things done under them...which is to say, not much. But you can be damned sure that if Biden was president first and then Trump we'd still be hearing about how it was due to President Biden that we have the vaccines.