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Pyro as Bill said:
SvennoJ said:

Trying to rewrite history?

How Trump’s ‘America First’ edict delayed the global Covid fight
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/01/trump-america-first-covid-523604

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts on vaccine, state distribution
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55721437

TRUMP: “As a result of Operation Warp Speed, Pfizer announced on Monday that its China virus vaccine was more than 90% effective. ...Pfizer said it wasn’t part of Warp Speed, but that turned out to be an unfortunate misrepresentation.”

THE FACTS: Not so much. Pfizer notably did not accept government money to develop, test or expand manufacturing capacity under Trump’s Operation Warp Speed initiative to quickly find a vaccine and treatments for the disease sweeping the country.

In fact, Pfizer partnered with the vaccine’s original developer, Germany’s BioNTech, in March and the following month announced the first human study in Germany. The White House announced Operation Warp Speed in May.

Trump administration refused offer to buy millions more Pfizer vaccine doses
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/trump-administration-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer

Covid-19: Was US vaccine rollout a 'dismal failure' under Trump?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55721437


Trump completely fucked up the Covid response, first by denying it, brushing it off as the flu, then by ridiculous/dangerous miracle cure suggestions and not being serious about lock downs letting the virus spread causing over a million deaths in the US.

Bro we'd still be locked down without Pfizer and Moderna or have to accept extra deaths with AstraZen. China and the EU were raiding warehouses to steal our vaccine. Let's not pretend the US has reached those fascistic levels yet.

It's Pfizer–BioNTech, a collaboration between the American company Pfizer and the German company BioNTech. The vaccine was manufactured in both America and Europe. Congrats to the amazing scientists who made it, now if only a Democrat was in charge, they'd almost certainly have been less deaths without Trump spreading bullshit medical advice, encouraging his anti-vax fanatics, disregarding the scientists, downplaying the pandemic and sticking his head in the sand until it was undeniable.

What's this about "raiding warehouses to steal our vaccine?"

Let's not pretend the US has reached those fascistic levels yet.

This the same country which is locking people up for expressing pro-Palestine views? Refusing entry to tourists who have been critical towards Trump? Trying to pillage Ukraine of its entire countries resources? Siding with Russia in UN votes? Victim blaming Ukraine? Deporting innocent Americans to supermax prisons in other countries simply for having tattoos? Detaining innocent tourists for weeks? Slapping made up tariffs on every country in the world, including some of the most poor? Seriously discussing taking over Canada?

Refusing to rule out military force to takeover Greenland? Seriously proposed an ethnic genocide of Gaza by deporting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of their country and stealing their land, resulting in anger from Middle-East countries? Still sending Israel billions to bomb more women and children? Bombing children in Yemen? Threatening to bomb Iran for not signing a deal that Trump himself tore up in his first term? Inviting rapists like Connor McGregor to the White House?

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 06 April 2025