Until Trump apologizes for pushing through the CARES Act and calling Rep. Massie a "third-rate grandstander" for opposing it, his championing the experimental, mRNA vaccines through his "Operation Warp Speed," and failing to get rid of Drs. Fauci and Birx while they were undermining the freedoms of the American people under his watch, then I don't care what Trump has to say about the mask and vaccine mandates. He's just an egotistical, opportunist, who has expanded "the Swamp."
Actually, it's Fauci and Birx that wanted more time to test and develop a safer vaccine. Trump PUSHED Fauci and disbanded the idea of a safety board which RFK Jr. was going to lead. This happened after Trump took donations by Pfizer. RFK Jr. affirms it.
Here's just a few real donker quotes that tell the truth.
“They had bad policy decisions that would have left our country open to China and others, closed to reopening our economy, and years away from an approved vaccine — putting millions of lives at risk.” - Trump
“Dr. Fauci was incapable of pressing the FDA to move it through faster. I was the one to get it done, and even the fake news media knows and reports this,” - Trump
"They referred to me, as I often say, as the skunk at the picnic because whenever they would say things were great, I would say ... I don’t really think so," Fauci said.
The biggest complaint Birx had was the lack of a response in the first couple months of the virus being here in the US. Remember how Trump didn't want to enact any policies to hurt the economy. That move actually made th
"I look at it this way: There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge," said Birx, who served under the Trump administration. "All of the rest of them, in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially." - referring to March-early May 2020, after which another 350,000 Americans went on to die from the virus. This was when Trump "By April and May, however, Trump had pushed for cities and states to reopen, and he falsely suggested that the virus could not survive in the sun and that “tremendous” light could kill it off. He also began hyping hydroxychloroquine as an unproven treatment, continued referring to the virus as the “China virus” and questioned the effectiveness of wearing face masks.".
So, in reality, if we're being honest, Trump's mismangement of both the first months and the vaccine development being expedited for mass production and distribution, much earlier than Fauci originally envisioned. He pushed doctors and CDC and FDA to speed up everything, to hell with the protocols.
"It will take at least a year to a year and a half to have a vaccine we can use," Fauci said on March 3, 2020.
But this was not fast enough for Trump, who wanted it before the election.
Alex Azar, Mark Esper, and Deborah Birx were on the board of directors of OWS, while Tony Fauci, Francis Collins, and Robert Redfield were
nonvoting advisers.
Deborah Birx, whom now it is known was pressured to be a team player, was the only medical professional on Trump's OWS board.
Azar was a lawyer with no medical background, except for being a former president of Eli Lily. Esper was from defense-industry lobbyist groups, and the Heritage Foundation.
just the facts. We should not forget what Trump's 2020 year really was like. He allowed the virus to get out of hand, when it was far stronger than it is today. He expedited the vaccines more than doctors like Fauci wanted, because he wanted votes. In the same way, he approved of and promised more handouts. The oversight was out the door financially. Out the door. It was a circus. Mnuchin was handing out millions to cronies. Billions in relief grants were going offshore and to criminals here. Kushners were involved in shady deals also, and Trump didn't care about any of it. He let it happen. We couldn't have done much worse in Covid response than with Trump in charge. This is the ugly truth. In many ways, Trump himself is what gave us Joe Biden.
He got the big news in time, but notice..
Pfizer will seek emergency-use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
moneywatch
Updated on:
October 27, 2020
Drugmaker Pfizer said Tuesday that it plans to apply for emergency-use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine in November,
once safety milestones are achieved....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-pfizer-emergency-use-authorization-fda/