Re: RE: Re: COVID?

Malden MA

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I didn't see where the OP stated Biden said the vaccine wasn't available. The vaccines were already developed because SARS Cov2 was developed quickly using the SARS Cov1 development during the Bush years (early 2000's). And Bush never demanded credit for developing that vaccine, just like Obama and no other past president, except Trump, needed/demanded some imaginary "credit" for ANY vaccine. Yes, that's correct, Operation Warp Speed was coordinated between the Depts of HHS and Defense along with the manufacturers to ensure timely distribution. That is, the distribution of the vaccine and the reimbursement to Pfizer and Moderna for their development costs. How many Trumpers wish to blame Fauci and HHS today? All? most? But Trump should get "credit"? From CNN (Fri May 13, 2022): “When President Biden took office, millions were unemployed and there was no vaccine available,” the tweet said. On Friday afternoon, about four hours after the publication of the initial version of this fact check, the White House acknowledged on Twitter that the Thursday tweet was inaccurate. (an erroneous tweet was updated and corrected). Facts First: It’s just not true that “there was no vaccine available” at the time Biden took office. About 3.5 million people were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and about 19 million people had received at least one vaccine dose as of Biden’s inauguration day on January 20, 2021, according to statistics published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The US was already administering an average of more than 1 million doses a day at the time. The first doses administered outside trials were given on December 14, 2020, while President Donald Trump was still in office. And Biden himself received his second dose nine days before he was sworn in. Biden got the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which obtained emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration under Trump on December 11, 2020. Moderna’s vaccine was authorized for emergency use on December 18, 2020. The White House’s Friday correction reads as follows: “We previously misstated that vaccines were unavailable in January 2021. We should have said that they were not widely available. Vaccines became available shortly before the President came into office. Since then, he’s responsible for fully vaccinating over 200 million people.” The White House is correct that vaccine availability was limited when Biden took office. It wasn’t until April 2021, about three months into Biden’s presidency, that all adults in every state were eligible for the vaccine. States’ early rollouts generally restricted the vaccine to health care personnel and other essential workers, residents of long-term care facilities, and seniors. At the time Biden was inaugurated, it was often difficult even for people in eligible groups to secure an appointment. But saying “there was no vaccine available” at the time he took office, period, went too far – wrongly making it sound as if the whole vaccine rollout began under Biden. See how easy it is to correct inaccurate information later?