(10-23-2020, 03:43 PM)oregontim Wrote: Very relevant to this thread is another new thread, "Shouldn't need to be said, but here we are," which started today. The watchdog/safeguard entities we've trusted for generations are tainted. How do we deal with a vaccine when politics have been superimposed on the FDA?Doesn't matter much which groups are prioritized thanks to POTUS45. Since POTUS45 has pushed pills and potions like a snake oil salesman this year, the number of people willing to take a vaccine as soon as it is available continues to drop. The good news is that more of the first doses will be able to the willing in the lower priority groups.
POTUS45's business savvy group identified the business risk and potential supply chain challenges of a vaccine, so they should get credit for that tactic. Though that silver lining in a history summary will be more than offset by the with very dark clouds from the handling of COVID overall (inconsistent messaging, deaths, disabilities, fiscal debt, job losses, business closures, erosion of USA global leadership in science, medicine and tech, etc.)