https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/mike-pence-pfizer-vaccine As you’ve probably heard by now, over the weekend Donald Trump was projected as having lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, in part due to his disgraceful response to the COVID-19 pandemic, wherein he effectively just let the virus spiral out of control, leading to the deaths of nearly 238,000 in the U.S. Because he’s mortifyingly delusional, though, he believes that (1) he still has a chance at being reelected, hence the refusal to concede, and (2) the news that Pfizer’s vaccine is more than 90% effective in early trials and may be available by the end of the year is somehow a credit to him. Taking a break from tweeting clips about election fraud that were immediately flagged for spreading false information, a.k.a. the only kind of information he spreads, Trump tweeted: “STOCK MARKET UP BIG, VACCINE COMING SOON. REPORT 90% EFFECTIVE. SUCH GREAT NEWS!” Later Mike Pence took things a step further: And because virtually everything out of this administration’s collective mouth is a lie, and an entire cottage industry of fact-checking has necessarily cropped up around it, Pence’s statement was immediately debunked—by Pfizer itself. Speaking to the New York Times, Dr. Kathrin Jansen, a senior vice president and the head of vaccine research and development at the company, said, “We were never part of the Warp Speed,” referring to the government’s effort to rapidly develop a vaccine. “We have never taken any money from the U.S. government, or from anyone.” As the Washington Postnotes, back in July, the drugmaker agreed to partner with the government to distribute a vaccine, “leveraging what will be a massive, complicated effort run by the federal government to ensure that as many people as possible can be immunized.” But the actual developmental efforts had nothing to do with the Trump administration. Of course, Trump & Co. aren’t ones for details or facts, so they’ll presumably be deploying people to take credit for the breakthrough throughout the week. If we were betting people—which we, of course, are not—we’d probably put a significant amount of money on first son-in-law Jared Kushner appearing on TV to call Pfizer’s success a testament to Donald Trump. (When and if he does, remember that a former volunteer on Kushner’s COVID-19 task force described the administration’s response effort as “like a family office meets organized crime, melded with Lord of the Flies. It was a government of chaos.” And also that in April, he crowed, as only the poster child for nepotism could, about taking back control of the public health crisis from medical professionals, and claimed that the country was at the beginning of its “comeback.”) Naturally, Ivanka has already taken to Twitter to credit the news to President Daddy: Meanwhile, in the even dumber branch of the family, Don Jr. took a quick break from spreading conspiracy theories about voter fraud to weigh in on the vaccine news: As Jansen also told the New York Times, she learned of the drug-trial results from an outside panel of experts just after 1 p.m. on Sunday—timing that had absolutely nothing to do with the election. “We have always said that science is driving how we conduct ourselves—no politics,” she said. Of course, if one were Don Jr., one would respond that that’s exactly what they want us to think and that it’s clear Pfizer is in bed with the “Lamestream Media” and other assorted figures hell-bent on taking down his father. Thankfully, there is only one Don Jr.—can you imagine if he were multiplying??—and none of us are him.
Trump channels his Inner Victim: Trump claims Democrats and the FDA delayed coronavirus vaccine news https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/trump-claims-democrats-and-the-fda-delayed-coronavirus-vaccine-news/ President Trump on Monday suggested that the Food and Drug Administration and the Democratic Party conspired together to delay the release of a coronavirus vaccine until after the 2020 presidential election. Trump made the charge in a tweet Monday evening, hours after the Pfizer drug company announced an initial analysis of their COVID-19 vaccine showed it to be 90 percent effective. “The @US_FDA and the Democrats didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, so instead it came out five days later – As I’ve said all along!” Trump wrote. Since his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election, which was called on Saturday, Trump has repeatedly said he was cheated out of victory by Democrats who created a widespread voting fraud campaign. Trump has provided no conclusive evidence to back up his claims. Prior to the election, Trump said on a number of occasions that a coronavirus vaccine was in the works and would be available to the American people “very soon,” but did not provide a timeline for when it would happen. The Pfizer vaccine, which was announced the same day the US surpassed 10 million cases of COVID-19, may begin to be administered to the population as soon as later this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a television appearance Monday. “You have to go through the hoops of making sure all of the Is are dotted and the Ts are crossed about the safety and the regulatory aspects of it, but we would be giving vaccine to people very likely before the end of this year. That is good news,” he said. Fauci added that another vaccine by another drug company could likely also be made available soon.
Unless absolutely everything works out exactly in his favor, he's a victim and conspiracies against him are at play. And how many fuckwits voted for this fuckwit a second time?
Price for vaccine? In Europe, AstraZeneca and Pfizer have already promised not to sell the drug at actual cost.The AstraZeneca vaccine would cost 2.9 euros.This is still unclear to Pfizer.In the US, they signed a deal with two companies to deliver 100 million doses at $ 19.5 ($ 16.5) per injection. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/fda-authorizes-lilly-antibody-coronavirus-435564 The Trump administration has signed a $450 million deal with Regeneron to provide up to 300,000 doses of its antibody cocktail, and a $375 million deal with Lilly for 300,000 doses of its drug. That’s $1500 and $ 1,250 per vaccine!!! How much commission is for Trump?
I'm only saying that if millions of people who voted one way because they believe in a path that is not yours makes them "fuckwits" then its fair to say that the other side is "fuckwits" too. Unless you are suggesting we make you the sole authority on who can, and cannot, have acceptable points of view.