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Zeus Yiamouyiannis, Ph.D.'s avatar

Especially like the reasoning against Trump that Topol himself is now convicted of: “If Trump badgered the US Food and Drug Administration into prematurely releasing a vaccine that wasn’t effective, or even caused harm, it could shake the public’s trust in any covid-19 vaccine. And if we are to achieve wide immunity against SARS-CoV-2, we'll need to vaccinate more people than the number that get flu shots each year. Releasing a vaccine that people are afraid of could do more harm than good.”

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DM, MD's avatar

But was the political act pushing for early release with EUA in October when in fact 600 people a day were dying of COVID then, or was the political act marshalling your social media influence to delay the vaccine so no political benefit could accrue to the incumbent to the benefit of Biden?

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Zeus Yiamouyiannis, Ph.D.'s avatar

Turns out both of these are misuses of power on behalf of those who sought to gain political advantage at the expense of people's health and lives: Trump wanted to rush it through to get votes to win the election, then Biden and team wanted to stonewall it until after the election to neutralize the effect. Both should have been concentrating on safety and effectiveness and neither were. In fact Biden MANDATED vaccines at the very time CDC had confirmed from Barnstable, MA that the vaccines did not stop the spread. In CDC's own slide show they used the term "vaccine failure". So now we have tens of thousands dead from a rushed vaccine exposure and promotion that BOTH Trump and Biden are guilty of. Both have blood on their hands. There are no good guys here.

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