COVID-19 vaccines were formulated and trialed by May 2020. Voluntary vaccination of the elderly could have started in September. Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Cuomo, and other Democrat leaders delayed the vaccinations by two months. They issued threats, spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt regarding a “Trump vaccine”, and they used their influence within the FDA to create new, excessive, and ever-changing requirements for the vaccines’ emergency authorizations.
They put President Trump in a no-win position. If Trump used his Presidential powers to stop the delays, Democrat leadership would allege that the “Trump vaccine” is not safe, that it is being politicized, and it cannot be trusted. Big Tech would quickly deplatform anybody siding with the President, and the downstream MSM would amplify the Democrat leadership’s message. In essence, they would have denigrated the COVID-19 vaccine the same way they did Hydroxychloroquine.
Thus, Trump had no choice but to go along with the Democrat leadership’s plan to delay the announcement of a successful vaccine until late November, and its approval until December. Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine was available in September. Dems Blocked it.