Trump Admin Faces Questions Over Mid-October Vaccine Distribution Plan | Talking Points Memo

But after a broadcasted presentation on vaccine safety and distribution, one scientist said that an Oct. 16 deadline made her “concerned about finalizing state plans.”

Just waiting on Trump (Saturday), Fauci n Francis Collins.

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" after a presentation on vaccine safety and distribution, one scientist said that an Oct. 16 deadline made her “concerned about finalizing state plans.”

Perhaps somebody misunderstood her. Did she say she was concerned about her “Estate plan?”

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“Is this a hard deadline, or one just to be considered?” the scientist asked. “Because in my mind, this would be a time to build relationships with city and state officials.”

She added that given that vaccine data won’t be available by that date, “October 16 seems a little premature.”

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/EllipticalCautiousGentoopenguin-mobile.mp4

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“our colleagues co-conspirators in Operation Warp Speed say that they expect there will be vaccine as early as November.”

Fixed!

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You maybe won’t have to if they are right about masks:
( this is what CDC director Robert Redfield was referring when he said masks may be better than a vaccine)

With COVID-19, the speculation is that a mask cuts down on the number of viruses that enter a person’s airway, and if a small number slip through or around the mask, it may prompt strong and enduring immunity.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2026913

Very interesting.

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If and when we have a Biden admin they will have a time restoring trust in the CDC and FDA. I’ve little confidence in either rn. The professionals who have been put in the position of stating the Trump party line will never regain their credibility. It’s so sad. I guess that’s been the GOP game plan all along, though: to destroy trust in government.

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…aka, Chuck Todd.

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That is not at all questionable. We’re talking about an industry that routinely jacks up the prices of life-sustaining drugs - just because they ARE life sustaining. Have you seen the price of insulin lately? No reason for it, other than its customers cannot live without it. THAT’s the industry you think might not do the right thing? Ya think?
Of course they’re in the bag for trump. Same for most large corporations. By the time this pandemic subsides here in the US, there won’t be any small businesses left. They fuckin love trump.

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Which epidemic are you referring to? T rumpp, or Covid-19?

State plans should say: “Initial distribution will be to all Republican elected officials, their appointed staffs, Republican candidates for office, and major Republican donors, campaign staffs, SuperPAC staff, etc. Six months later, we will decide whether other people in this state should receive the vaccine.”

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Fine by me. Let them be the guinea pigs and suffer the consequences.

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I am worried. Worried about a lot of things but it is mostly what the useful idiot will do next. But I saw this and went OMG

Which makes you stressed out by what the October surprise is

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That’s the deal.

First sow extreme (and eminently justifiable) doubts about the vaccine so no one wants it.

Then claim that it is available for anyone who wants it. Since no one wants it, the promise is fulfilled even if there is no vaccine.

Genius. Evil but genius.

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That’s Tuck Chodd

That’s easy for choo to say.

It’ll be interesting to watch 100,000,000 people suffering explosive diarrhea, blurred vision, tingling in the extremities, rapid hair loss, acute suicidal ideations, jaundice and intermittent migraines.

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Dr. Michael Osterholm pulls no punches on just how deadly this virus is and how long it will be with us. He’s been consistently on point and of course gets very little mainstream news coverage: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/about-us/cidrap-staff/michael-t-osterholm-phd-mph and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7n04W1HWAPMrI4_41StSg

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If it’s mostly Trumpistanians, we’ll raise a glass and pass the popcorn.

Chances are they will force you to take it after the election anyway.