Trump pushed those vaccines hard (along with DeSantis in Florida and all newfound anti-vax politicians) so very surprising he isn’t proudly louding these results…
It really is too bad. He should have been a hero. The development and mass production of a new kind of vaccine, in less than a year, was an extraordinary accomplishment, and a big part of it was Trump's own Operation Warp Speed.
All he had to do was say "I did that", and he would have won the election back in 2020. Instead, he doubled down on his insistence that it was never a problem at all, despite having spent so much money to fix it.
I don't think he knows or cares about vaccines one way or the other. He just likes to judge what infuriates some people, and how much that fury will please others. He came down on the side of the anti-vaxxers, because the impotent outrage of scientists and intellectuals is always a big emotional win.
IIRC he bought so many of them before they were even finished, as a unofficial grant to ensure the research and finals steps were completed, that Biden has to send the surplus as presents to random countries as goodwill gifts.
Jay Bhattacharya is the Trump official. Good that this article names him directly.
The benefits are pretty decent. Usually anti-vaxxers choose to argue over lesser benefits. Working for Trump and RFKJ has emboldened Jay Bhattacharya.
Trump pushed those vaccines hard (along with DeSantis in Florida and all newfound anti-vax politicians) so very surprising he isn’t proudly louding these results…
It really is too bad. He should have been a hero. The development and mass production of a new kind of vaccine, in less than a year, was an extraordinary accomplishment, and a big part of it was Trump's own Operation Warp Speed.
All he had to do was say "I did that", and he would have won the election back in 2020. Instead, he doubled down on his insistence that it was never a problem at all, despite having spent so much money to fix it.
I don't think he knows or cares about vaccines one way or the other. He just likes to judge what infuriates some people, and how much that fury will please others. He came down on the side of the anti-vaxxers, because the impotent outrage of scientists and intellectuals is always a big emotional win.
IIRC he bought so many of them before they were even finished, as a unofficial grant to ensure the research and finals steps were completed, that Biden has to send the surplus as presents to random countries as goodwill gifts.