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While the number of cases in the US remains very high and the country has 200,000 deaths, there is even a political dispute over a corona vaccination. President Trump is pushing for speedy approval, damaging confidence.
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In the final stages of the US election campaign, President Donald Trump is trying to overlook the raging coronavirus. The number of new infections has decreased compared to July with peaks of more than 70,000 cases, but has now been increasing steadily for a week. Still, Trump told Fox News on Monday that the country was on top. The government has done a “phenomenal job” and deserves an A +, the highest rating. The reality, however, is that the United States recorded 200,000 deaths on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As recently as the spring, the president had declared that if this number stayed below 100,000, the administration “had done very well.”
More cases for months than before closing
The virus continues to shape everyday life in the US more than in most European countries. Many recreational facilities are closed and, most importantly, millions of children are still unable to return to school. For three months now, daily reported cases have been above the 40,000 average, significantly more than what was recorded in the spring during the brief lockdown.
In his most recent book, bestselling author Bob Woodward revealed that Trump knew all along that the virus was dangerous, but deliberately downplayed it. That account was supported last week by a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, the head of Trump’s Crown Task Force. She was very involved in the crisis management of the White House and said in a video published by the group Republican Voters against Trump that it was already known in mid-February that the pandemic would severely affect the country. However, the president did not want to know anything because he was only interested in his re-election. Against her better judgment, she claimed that everything was fine.
In this new ad @OliviaTroye reveals that during a COVID task force meeting, President Trump said, “Maybe this COVID thing is a good thing. I don’t have to shake hands with these disgusting people.”
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– Republican voters against Trump (@ RVAT2020) September 17, 2020
However, no disclosures are needed to conclude that the president is downplaying the situation and thus making it difficult to contain the virus. After the head of the CDC health department, Robert Redfield, recently said at a Senate hearing that a vaccine would not be widely available until next summer and that the mask was an even safer protection than a vaccine, Trump he vehemently disagreed. Redfield must have been wrong or misunderstood the question, he said. The president put the benefits of masks in perspective, and a vaccination is very close.
Trump is aware that complete normalcy in the United States is only possible with a vaccine. Yet it is often clear that for him it is primarily about choice. Two weeks ago, the president said that the vaccination could have been “before a very special date,” referring to November 3.
The masked president is a rare sight. It still puts your benefits in perspective.
Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” launched in May, with which the United States promotes the development and production of vaccines for around $ 10 billion, has been praised by experts and has wide support. But the time pressure imposed by the president arouses skepticism. According to media reports, the White House has already urged the FDA to quickly approve Covid-19 therapies with hydroxychloroquine and with the blood plasma of recovered patients. Trump falsely sold both as breakthroughs. Therefore, it is feared that administration could accelerate the rate even though a vaccine has not yet been adequately tested, which is even more delicate with an active ingredient that is administered to millions of healthy people.
For this reason, nine drug companies recently signed a joint pledge in a completely unusual step not to rush to apply for approval – that is, not before a vaccine’s safety and effectiveness has been fully tested in a clinical study. Although this comes naturally, the companies apparently felt compelled to make this statement.
Trump accuses Biden of promoting mood
Political pressure may also be one of the reasons why the willingness to get vaccinated has steadily declined in recent weeks. According to a survey, only 51 percent of the population currently want to be vaccinated, compared with 72 percent in April. It is precisely the Republicans, and among them the electoral groups especially loyal to Trump, who reject a vaccine. Only 47 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of those with little education say they want to get vaccinated. With the Democrats it is 61 percent. Opinion polls explain this with Trump’s antiscientific rhetoric and his downplaying of the epidemic.
It’s even more astonishing that the president apparently sees the key to re-election in the impending announcement of a vaccine. In fact, this was a prestigious success. However, it is only of any use if there is confidence in the approval process. Both Trump’s Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, and his vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, have already expressed doubts about an active ingredient that would quickly go through the approval process. Biden said last week after meeting with vaccination experts that mass production and distribution of an active ingredient was the biggest challenge facing the future president. He will deal with this immediately in the event of an election. Biden made it clear that he trusted science, but not Trump, and neither did the American people. Then the president accused Biden of campaigning against vaccination. That is very bad because there will be “amazing vaccines”.
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