• mad_asshatter
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    5 months ago

    I love how Trump is often acknowledged for “speeding the vaccine development” when most other countries HAD IT FIRST!

    How does that keep computing in the US?

    • @jeffwOP
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      -15 months ago

      Not much of a Trump defender but those early vaccines were untested and unproven. Russia, for example

      • mad_asshatter
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        5 months ago

        Canada, England, All of EU, Australia, New Zealand…all not Russia.

        Trump did NOTHING (except dismantle and defund CDC)

        ABC NEWS, Feb 28, 2020

        The president introduced his fiscal year 2021 budget proposal on Feb. 10, just 11 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concerns. The spending plan included a 16 percent reduction in CDC funding from the 2020 spending levels.