The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of what promises to be a strongly protective vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech.
President Donald Trump took a well-earned victory lap upon this being announced.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2020
This is an undeniable positive to come out of Trump's four-year term (one of several, IMO) despite his initial handling of the pandemic leaving a lot to be desired. I can't help but think if he had just allowed VP Mike Pence take the lead on the COVID-19 task force, it would have put a much better face on what was a harrowing situation. Unfortunately that is just not in Trump's nature to delegate, so he ended up inserting himself into what were once daily COVID pressers, often resulting in some of the more boorish, disjointed and awkward moments of his presidency. I can't say for sure if this alone cost him reelection, but it was definitely a major factor.
I just hope for Trump's sake that he is able to one day find that inner peace that seems to have eluded him probably his entire life.
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I'm not worried about his inner peace. He TOOK that job because he was unhappy with the way the USA was being run, and has done a massive amount of good work in repairing it. The only "peace" he may have to make is to see a criminal replace him in the WH, but that ship has not yet sailed. If nothing else, we can launch a massive "election fraud" investigation for the next 2 years, with considerably more substance than "russian collusion."
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