Thank you Pres. Trump for ordering 800 million doses of vaccines in August 2020?
800 million MY ASS!
The Trump Administration reserved 100 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine in July 2020, as part of a deal in which the US agreed to invest $1.95 billion for large-scale production and distribution of the vaccine.
The 100 million doses cover just about a sixth of the US’s need. The European Union, by comparison, purchased 200 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and has an option to purchase 100 million more. So, the US government is scrambling to get more vaccine doses, and president Donald Trump signed an executive order to force US companies to make distribution to Americans a priority.
However, the order wouldn’t help to increase the number of doses available—something that the administration could have reportedly done months ago, in July. According to the New York Times, Trump’s officials didn’t lock in a deal to secure between 100 million and 500 million additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine beyond the ones included in the original agreement.
In hindsight, of course, it looks like a foolish move. The US could have secured enough doses to vaccinate its entire population.
I figure, had all this been left up to him, and if he would have remained in office, he would have shipped those 100 million Vaccines to only Red States, and only Republicans would have had access to them!