Biden: No Trust For Trump On COVID-19 Vaccine | Talking Points Memo

[leftcoaster]

It is not surprising and makes me wonder if these staffers attended his super spreader events er rallies.

[tena]

@leftcoaster

There maybe a vaccine(s) that get EUA but the public won’t have access to it until the 2nd or 3rd quarter in 2021.

That’s what I read this morning. I just couldn’t recall where I’d read it.

[emiliano4]

Done
Next?

[pyanfar]

I think they’ll announce that it’s being distributed and then point in all directions or refuse to say where and which manufacturer because secrets and don’t want to create a run on the sites, “but it’s happening and soon you’ll see it where you live.”

[rollinnolan]

Biden is doing a fantastic job of being reasonable and Presidential . Good to see the American people can tell the difference between a straight shooter who cares or a lunatic willing to let us all die.

[quickq]

Now trump says that’s a “mistake”

[becca656]

I need to break in here with a bit of sad news from the farm.

As many of you know, our cleft palate goat, Aerie, was up for surgery at Cornell last week to repair the cleft. She was sent home with some minimal health issues, prior to trying the surgery. Unfortunately, as is often the case with cleft palate, Aerie got aspiration pneumonia last weekend. With even the best of care, I am devastated to report that Aerie passed away from the infection this afternoon.

The Mia Foundation is crushed with her passing. Aerie was much loved by Sue, the owner who fought to save Aerie’s life. My daughter, who birthed Aerie six months ago, is also devastated.

She is gone, to run happily in the after. RIP.

[ralph_vonholst]

@pshah

but Jeezus, this is humiliating.

Well to them, maybe. For me it’s a kind of satisfyingly ironic je ne sais quoi.

[ralph_vonholst]

@rollinnolan

Biden is doing a fantastic job of being reasonable and Presidential

Yeah. He’s even got Trump fooled into thinking Joe’s the president.

[brian512]

@leftcoaster

I’d bet that this is true for all the vaccine makers. Trump may want to hurry this along without the proper trials and approvals but these companies have already stated no release until all approvals wrt safety and efficacy are met.

Trump may not know, or care, about the many horror stories of the past (coughThalidomidecough), the hard-won experience that informs the current drug testing procedures. But the scientists at the pharma companies sure do. The liability from blowing something this big, especially if it could be shown (and you know Trump will blab) that the process was manipulated for ulterior motives, could actually destroy a company.

[bcgister]

@irasdad

How is it that Trump just never seems to get this virus?

It’s gotta be a version of the old joke, “Why don’t sharks bite lawyers?”
“Professional courtesy.”

[26degreesrising]

And Trump is still alive. The universe isn’t fair.

She was too sweet to die. So sorry.

[austin_dave]

I’m very sorry. Those are sad, sad days. That face is such a gift. I’m glad you knew her.