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(July 22, 2020) President Trump touts Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine: 'We think we have a winner'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/trump-ap...inner.html
(Aug. 11, 2020) Trump Administration Collaborates With Moderna to Produce 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine
https://menafn.com/1100628450/Trump-admi...al-vaccine
Cuomo: Won't Trust Trump Administration's Opinion on Vaccine
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/20...cine-video
EXCERPT: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he does not trust the Trump administration and that the state would independently review any vaccine authorized by the federal government. He speaks at a press briefing.
(Oct 8, 2020) Kamala Harris Says She Wouldn't Trust a Vaccine Trump Recommended
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/...r-BB19O9k4
EXCERPT: Citing the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kamala Harris said that she'd happily take a vaccine that doctors and scientists recommend — but absolutely not one touted by Donald Trump.
Asked at Wednesday's vice-presidential debate whether she would take a vaccine approved by the Trump administration before or after the election, Harris said she'd be the "first in line" to take the vaccine if health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci recommended it.
"If the public health professionals, if Dr. Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. But if Donald Trump tells us that we should take it, I'm not taking it," Harris said.
[...] Vice President Mike Pence responded that Harris should "stop playing politics with people's lives" and accused Harris of "undermining" a vaccine.
(Oct 1, 2020) Biden and Harris are playing a Trumpian game on vaccine safety
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...ne-safety/
EXCERPT: Biden slyly implied as much during Tuesday’s debate: “In terms of the whole notion of a vaccine,” he said, addressing viewers at home, “we’re for a vaccine, but I don’t trust [Trump] at all. ... What we trust is a scientist.”
This was positively restrained compared with Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), who told CNN recently that she’d hesitate to take any vaccine approved before the election, after suggesting that government experts overseeing the approval process would be “muzzled ... suppressed … sidelined. Because he’s looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days, and he’s grasping for whatever he can.”
[...] The defenders of Biden and Harris would, of course, argue that they didn’t actually say you shouldn’t take any vaccine that was overseen by the Trump administration. But that defense is positively, well, Trumpian. As is the behavior: clearly imply something unconscionable, but don’t quite say it outright, so that you can distract your opponents with endless quibbles about what, exactly, you said, rather than having to either own or repudiate your words.
Note that Google (at this time) still shows MSN as having carried the same headline below last year, but if you click the link it sends you to a page indicating the article has been removed.
(Sept 9, 2020) Biden and Harris preemptively sow doubt on Trump vaccine announcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/...nouncement
EXCERPT: “My guess is he [Trump} is going to announce a vaccine. He's going to say it's going to be available around Election Day. He's going to hype it,” Biden told donors.
Yet Biden diverged from his running mate Monday. Instead, he tied his anxieties regarding Trump's strategy to people being "reluctant" to take "a really good vaccine."
"But pray [to] God we have it. If I could get a vaccine tomorrow, I'd do it. If it cost me the election, I'd do it. We need a vaccine, and we need it now," he repeated.
The pair then issued a statement Tuesday asking for specifics on Trump's plan for the vaccine, pointing out mistakes already made by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
"We cannot allow a repeat of Trump’s testing and personal protective equipment fiascos when it comes to a COVID-19 vaccine," they wrote.
The focus on the safety and efficacy of a vaccine is a shift from when Biden was preoccupied with whether Trump would bungle its manufacture and distribution.
[...] The Democrats' vaccine message, though, will likely resonate with voters given it echoes public sentiment.
A CBS News poll released over the weekend found confidence in a vaccine eroded over the summer. Roughly 1 in 5 respondents in September said they would get a shot straight away, down from about 1 in 3 in July. Almost two-thirds told researchers their first thought if a vaccine was announced before the election would be it had been "rushed." Another 35% said it would be "a scientific achievement." USA Today/Suffolk University polling published last week came to similar conclusions.
(March 16, 2021) Trump Encourages His Supporters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Within Limits of 'Freedoms'
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/978008056...of-freedom
"I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it. And a lot of those people voted for me, frankly. But, you know, again, we have our freedoms and we have to live by that, and I agree with that also," Trump said during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. "But it's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine, and it's something that works."
(Aug. 22, 2021) Trump booed at Alabama rally after telling supporters to get vaccinated
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-...d-n1277404
EXCERPT: Former President Donald Trump was booed at a rally Saturday in Alabama after he told supporters they should get vaccinated.
"And you know what? I believe totally in your freedoms. I do. You've got to do what you have to do," Trump said. "But I recommend take the vaccines. I did it. It's good. Take the vaccines."
Some boos rang out from the crowd, who were largely maskless.
"No, that's OK. That's all right. You got your freedoms," Trump said, echoing rhetoric from opponents of mask and vaccination mandates. "But I happened to take the vaccine. If it doesn't work, you'll be the first to know. OK? I'll call up Alabama, I'll say, hey, you know what? But [the vaccine] is working. But you do have your freedoms you have to keep. You have to maintain that."
(July 22, 2020) President Trump touts Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine: 'We think we have a winner'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/trump-ap...inner.html
(Aug. 11, 2020) Trump Administration Collaborates With Moderna to Produce 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine
https://menafn.com/1100628450/Trump-admi...al-vaccine
Cuomo: Won't Trust Trump Administration's Opinion on Vaccine
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/20...cine-video
EXCERPT: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he does not trust the Trump administration and that the state would independently review any vaccine authorized by the federal government. He speaks at a press briefing.
(Oct 8, 2020) Kamala Harris Says She Wouldn't Trust a Vaccine Trump Recommended
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/...r-BB19O9k4
EXCERPT: Citing the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kamala Harris said that she'd happily take a vaccine that doctors and scientists recommend — but absolutely not one touted by Donald Trump.
Asked at Wednesday's vice-presidential debate whether she would take a vaccine approved by the Trump administration before or after the election, Harris said she'd be the "first in line" to take the vaccine if health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci recommended it.
"If the public health professionals, if Dr. Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. But if Donald Trump tells us that we should take it, I'm not taking it," Harris said.
[...] Vice President Mike Pence responded that Harris should "stop playing politics with people's lives" and accused Harris of "undermining" a vaccine.
(Oct 1, 2020) Biden and Harris are playing a Trumpian game on vaccine safety
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...ne-safety/
EXCERPT: Biden slyly implied as much during Tuesday’s debate: “In terms of the whole notion of a vaccine,” he said, addressing viewers at home, “we’re for a vaccine, but I don’t trust [Trump] at all. ... What we trust is a scientist.”
This was positively restrained compared with Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), who told CNN recently that she’d hesitate to take any vaccine approved before the election, after suggesting that government experts overseeing the approval process would be “muzzled ... suppressed … sidelined. Because he’s looking at an election coming up in less than 60 days, and he’s grasping for whatever he can.”
[...] The defenders of Biden and Harris would, of course, argue that they didn’t actually say you shouldn’t take any vaccine that was overseen by the Trump administration. But that defense is positively, well, Trumpian. As is the behavior: clearly imply something unconscionable, but don’t quite say it outright, so that you can distract your opponents with endless quibbles about what, exactly, you said, rather than having to either own or repudiate your words.
Note that Google (at this time) still shows MSN as having carried the same headline below last year, but if you click the link it sends you to a page indicating the article has been removed.
(Sept 9, 2020) Biden and Harris preemptively sow doubt on Trump vaccine announcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/...nouncement
EXCERPT: “My guess is he [Trump} is going to announce a vaccine. He's going to say it's going to be available around Election Day. He's going to hype it,” Biden told donors.
Yet Biden diverged from his running mate Monday. Instead, he tied his anxieties regarding Trump's strategy to people being "reluctant" to take "a really good vaccine."
"But pray [to] God we have it. If I could get a vaccine tomorrow, I'd do it. If it cost me the election, I'd do it. We need a vaccine, and we need it now," he repeated.
The pair then issued a statement Tuesday asking for specifics on Trump's plan for the vaccine, pointing out mistakes already made by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
"We cannot allow a repeat of Trump’s testing and personal protective equipment fiascos when it comes to a COVID-19 vaccine," they wrote.
The focus on the safety and efficacy of a vaccine is a shift from when Biden was preoccupied with whether Trump would bungle its manufacture and distribution.
[...] The Democrats' vaccine message, though, will likely resonate with voters given it echoes public sentiment.
A CBS News poll released over the weekend found confidence in a vaccine eroded over the summer. Roughly 1 in 5 respondents in September said they would get a shot straight away, down from about 1 in 3 in July. Almost two-thirds told researchers their first thought if a vaccine was announced before the election would be it had been "rushed." Another 35% said it would be "a scientific achievement." USA Today/Suffolk University polling published last week came to similar conclusions.
(March 16, 2021) Trump Encourages His Supporters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Within Limits of 'Freedoms'
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/978008056...of-freedom
"I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it. And a lot of those people voted for me, frankly. But, you know, again, we have our freedoms and we have to live by that, and I agree with that also," Trump said during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. "But it's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine, and it's something that works."
(Aug. 22, 2021) Trump booed at Alabama rally after telling supporters to get vaccinated
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-...d-n1277404
EXCERPT: Former President Donald Trump was booed at a rally Saturday in Alabama after he told supporters they should get vaccinated.
"And you know what? I believe totally in your freedoms. I do. You've got to do what you have to do," Trump said. "But I recommend take the vaccines. I did it. It's good. Take the vaccines."
Some boos rang out from the crowd, who were largely maskless.
"No, that's OK. That's all right. You got your freedoms," Trump said, echoing rhetoric from opponents of mask and vaccination mandates. "But I happened to take the vaccine. If it doesn't work, you'll be the first to know. OK? I'll call up Alabama, I'll say, hey, you know what? But [the vaccine] is working. But you do have your freedoms you have to keep. You have to maintain that."