With my usual shtick? My usual shtick is to say what I think reality is. I don't say things to defend a image I want to maintain. I don't blame Trump for what happened with ventilators. He was told by the experts that they need ventilators. He admirably got them ventilators really quick. That turned out to be the wrong thing. But like I said elsewhere, Trump is a real estate guy. Not a medical guy. He has to listen to his advisors.I believe that Trump championing treatments for those already ill with covid, as well as backing a program to quickly get a vaccine, that his advisors were telling him would stop the disease in its tracks, in record time was because he could see that the alternative would shatter the US economy as well as the fact that he genuinely cares for Americans (at least the patriotic ones) and America
With your usual schtick, I'm surprised you don't also blame him for causing the deaths of people who were ventilated because that was later found to generate a worse outcome for the patient - after all, he pushed for the manufacture of ventilators that blue state governors claimed they needed.
It's really pretty much the same thing, he provided the help he was told was needed and is now being dragged because he won't take responsibility for the damage caused by the vaccines. So, tell me, who is responsible for the fact the vaccines were poorly tested, ineffective and dangerous - Trump or Pfizer?
Is there a possibility that he's still getting counsel from those around him claiming the vax is safe and effective? I mean, it is the "accepted" point of view still.He doesn't need to take full responsibility for the damage done. If he said it's not his fault, that he was just doing what his advisors said, but admitted that in hindsight, the vaccines turned out not so great, I'd accept that. Instead, he's showing that he has no awareness about this at all. I suspect that he can't bring himself to negating the claim he wants to make, that he saved the world from COVID. You can't admit the truth if you're too busy claiming the lie for your own personal benefit. That's just another thing that tends to disqualify him.
Regulatory filings date stamped from April 2021 show Pfizer had strong evidence that its vaccine’s efficacy waned – results the company did not publicly release until the end of July.
“It’s clear from the documents that these analyses were almost four months old by the time they became public,” said Doshi.
“It’s disappointing that neither Pfizer, nor regulators, disclosed these data until it was too obvious to ignore new outbreaks in Israel and Massachusetts, which made it clear that vaccine performance was not holding up.”
When mRNA vaccines were first authorised in 2020, FDA scientists had listed critical ‘gaps’ in the knowledge base. Two of them -- effectiveness against viral transmission and duration of protection.
Pfizer hid data on waning immunity as millions queued to get vaccinated.
New regulatory filings show Pfizer had evidence, early into the vaccination campaign, that its vaccine’s efficacy waned, but waited months before alerting the public.maryannedemasi.substack.com
and don't forget natural immunity wouldn't last more than a couple months.Meantime, the narrative was that people who claimed the vaccine was not effective were called conspiracy theorists and lunatics.