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The United States is accelerating vaccination. 9.6 percent of the population is already fully vaccinated, twice the number in Switzerland (4.7 percent). By the end of May, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, 78, plans to offer each of the 257 million American adults a vaccination offer. That would be even two months earlier than originally planned.
Biden’s predecessor wants praise for this: Donald Trump (74). “I hope that everyone, when they receive the Covid-19 vaccine, will remember that they would have received this beautiful ‘vaccine’ in at least five years if I had not been president, and perhaps not at all,” says the former president in a statement issued. on Wednesday.
Exemplary vaccination program thanks to the Trump administration
It is true that the Trump administration laid the foundations for the vaccination campaign in the United States with “Operation Warp Speed.” The program, which was established in cooperation with the private sector, promoted the mass production of several vaccines and vaccine technologies simultaneously and accelerated the approval process. The US government also secured options from all promising manufacturers at an early stage. It was expensive, but it gave security to manufacturers and the government.
However, it is not true that without Trump no vaccine would have been available. After all, many manufacturers and countries worked hard on production. Even developing countries will receive doses of vaccination through the Covax initiative in the coming months to vaccinate at least 20 percent of their adult population.
Here’s how Biden sped up vaccine production
Additionally, the administration of US President Joe Biden has taken over and expanded the vaccination campaign in the US As the New York Times reports, Biden took two important steps to accelerate vaccine production:
1. He searched for an old war production law so that manufacturer Pfizer could acquire the heavy machinery needed to expand its facilities in Michigan. Under Trump, the law also applied, but only for the production of protective material.
2. Forced a subcontractor to vaccine manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (not yet approved in Switzerland unlike in the US) to work around the clock to fill the vaccine faster. Only then can the contractually agreed production targets be met.
Biden wants praise for himself too
Biden wants all the credit for his progress on the vaccination campaign. In a press conference on March 2, the President of the United States even stated: “When I took office, the previous administration had not ordered enough adult vaccines in the United States. We have corrected it. “
Trump’s side reacted offended. “They criticize what we did, but they use our script one by one,” a prominent former government health politician told the New York Times.
Who has the reason
At the same time, the relationship between the US government and vaccine manufacturers is seen as much more harmonious under Biden. Trump had accused Pfizer during the election campaign of advancing vaccine development too slowly. The pharmaceutical company, for its part, was upset that the Trump administration did not apply the War Production Act to them, so suppliers have to prioritize Pfizer.
In the end, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Neither government is as bad as the others, fortunately for Americans, who can look forward to a carefree summer. (relatives)
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Published: 03/11/2021, 11:27 am
Last updated: 03.11.2021, 35 minutes ago
