Over the last few months, several media organizations openly mocked President Donald Trump’s claim that a vaccine could be available by the end of the year. Now that the first batch of vaccines is starting to be administered, they need to correct the record and apologize for doubting the President.
Exactly what did they say?
On May 15, NBC News published a story headlined, “Fact Check: Coronavirus vaccine could come this year, Trump says. Experts say he needs ‘a miracle’ to be right.”
Then on September 16, NPR said, “Contradicting the CDC, Trump says COVID-19 Vaccine Could be Ready By End of Year.”
On October 22, CNBC reported, “President Trump says Covid-19 vaccine will be coming by the end of the year, despite contrary evidence.”
While outlets were busy trying to convince the public that Trump was lying about the vaccine and didn’t deserve to be re-elected his “Operation Warp Speed” — which the media largely ignored, was cutting regulatory red tape and bringing vaccines to the market in record time which will save thousands of lives.
Give the media an F for this lie.
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They don’t care.. THEY ARE STILL being paid big money.
I give a F for this article. Yes, Trump promised a vaccination by December. What is wrong with this article is that it doesn’t say one thing about how this vaccine has serious problems. Some people are ending up in the hospitals because of this vaccine. Politicians (dictators) throughout the world are using this vaccine as leverage against the people—get vaccinated or else!
Nothing will change even if get vaccinated. Will still have to wear masks, social distance. This vaccine does not give guarantee that people will be china virus free and might still be able to spread the china virus.
Someone please tell me how this vaccine is a good thing???
I give an F for your comment. No one knows for certain if this vaccine will prove to be a good thing or not. I don’t know. You don’t know. Take it or not, it should be your decision.
Are you an anti-vaxxer for all vaccines? Should we not have developed a smallpox vaccine? What about polio? What about the DPT series we give to babies? Life is full of risks.
I believe that Democrats are lying to us, manipulating Covid data and using it to impose their power on Americans but I also realize that many people have died from Covid. I do believe that Democrats will try to force everyone to take the vaccine. It is a consequence of a stolen election.
We don’t know what the long term effects of the vaccine will be but we don’t know what the long term effects of getting Covid will be either. It’s a **** shoot. I am not qualified to tell others to take the vaccine or not to take the vaccine and neither are you, Matsu. Freedom is deciding for yourself and supporting all others right to decide.
I believe Donald Trump did all that he could, against all opposition, to help us in the best way he knew how. He promised a vaccine, he delivered a vaccine when he said he would and it’s up to each individual American to decide whether or not to take it. Donald Trump gave us an opportunity to make a choice.