National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said Wednesday that public hesitation about getting a vaccine to protect against coronavirus needs to be urgently addressed, suggesting that public mistrust of a vaccine has been “enhanced” by an “unfortunate mix of science and politics.”
More like a lack of science in politics. GOP politics, that is.
Collins may have led the Human Genome Project, but he’s also a creationist freakazoid who denies evolution.
NOT a scientist. NOT trustworthy on any scientific or medical question.
Last night Trump said a vaccine is three weeks, four weeks’ away
Today, the CDC Director said most Americans won’t receive a vaccine until summer/autumn 20121
Just an example
You mean (soon to be ex-) NIH Director?
Trump is intentionally sabotaging the vaccine’s effectiveness. He plans on pointing fingers at his opponents when it fails. Blue states,and all…
I’d probably be considered ‘A-1’ to be in line for a coronavirus vaccine.
To inoculate those thought ‘most-at-risk’ due to immuno-compromisations and comorbidities.
There’s no f*cking way I’m taking one on offer this Fall.
We distrust Donald J. Trump and as an extension any virus he has his stubby little fingers in. Period.
In June Donald said he’d be revealing his Health Care plan in two weeks. I think he said it again…two weeks ago. So we know that his perception of time is a bit skewed.
And if (when?) this rushed vax fails/isn’t safe, expect all other proven, necessary vaccines (MMR, Hep B, etc.) to suffer greatly from refusals to use. Then say hello to outbreaks of measles, mumps, etc. General distrust for all vaxes going to explode if they rush a shit version of this one.
Unfortunately, the situation is the result of a combination of politics and business interests versus science. This administration is not driven by science and/or facts, which is a consequence of the attack on “knowledge and intelligence” by the Republican Party for the past 50 years. The idea that you don’t want someone who actually knows what they are talking about in charge because “you can’t imagine having a beer with them” comes home to roost once again for the common citizen.
I personally don’t want to have a beer with a President, I want the President to be smarter than me and to lead. And I truly hope the President is intelligent enough and secure enough to surround themselves with a highly educated and insightful Cabinet of individuals with a range of views so that the President can make the best decisions that affect the entire country (and by default, contribute to discussions and actions across the world).
Republican led congressional decisions have resulted in the erosion of safeguards regulating control of communication “markets” so distortions and lies are more easily transmitted to an evermore frighten citizenship.
I hope that the next Administration removes political members who are truly ignorant of their change and only use their positions for personal gain who currently lead the numerous agencies of this country. Hopefully, this will allow the purging of the next level of staff members who are simply not qualified, and to replace them with professionals who not only are not afraid of facts but demand all of them in their pursuit of real, lasting solutions to the problems we face. The mistrust must now need to be re-earned over a period of time. This situation will be (and is) the lasting legacy of the Republican Party and its leadership.
A lot of this nonsense goes on the shoulders of Bill Thomas, who made the last-minute Thimerosal liability revision to the Patriot Act, which otherwise had nothing to do with mercury. It reinforced a widely-held view that vaccination schedules for infants were too aggressive, causing e.g. autism. There is some confusion and conflation about these issues. The US vaccination schedule for babies (26 in first year) is more than double that of Sweden (12) which has a lower infant mortality rate and an autism rate about a quarter of the US. What is not in dispute, however, is that Swedes can “discuss” policy much more extensively than Americans. As a result, public trust in vaccine safety is higher, indeed, Sweden and Norway are among the least anti-vaxxer in Europe. I think it’s great that Americans are trying to have a discussion on vaccines. It could have multiple benefits. Not only would we have reduced risk of covid, but the infant mortality rate could drop as well.
We have waited out the chance to throw out Putin’s puppet for four years now. We can wait out taking any vaccine that Jared tries to kill us with, too. But can the Teabaggers who won’t wear masks or socially distance say the same?
They must do whatever the GOP’s Second Coming of God demands of them, right? What is Trump’s defense when his followers start dropping dead? Hillary made him do it? Biden was asleep at the wheel?
That is not true. Collins, though a Christian, is not a creationist and strongly believes in evolution. So does the Pope for that matter. Evolution neither proves nor disproves the existence of a deity,
George S pressed him on it the other night, saying “you’ve been saying two weeks for months now, to several people. Where is it ?”
Trump said “I have it, George. I have it right now”
So, there you go. Don’t ask Kaylee about it,though.
I wouldn’t put it past Republicans to stop all production of vaccines. They really have adopted the Dark Ages approach to everything.
Quite honestly, I will look at the data from the studies and make my decision based on that. It would be just as anti-science to not take a vaccine simply because of the politics as it would be to take it because of politics.
After reading the article, my thought was that Dems would be blamed for politicizing the vaccine by this weekend.
There are a lot of Republicans who know better … who are staying silent because they somehow think the trainwreck will benefit them … or they fear speaking out will cost them their first class seat on the luxury bus… COWARDS …
They silently keep hoping that they will wake up one morning and hear that Trump died of a massive heartattack … and the clouds will part and the bluebirds will sing … and everything will just be like an episode of Happy Days.
His infrastructure plan, too. He has it. Next week will be Infrastructure Week, Or maybe the week after…