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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:00 AM Aug 2020

Trump: COVID-19 vaccine may be ready 'right around' Election Day

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Thursday said he thinks it's possible there will be a COVID-19 vaccine ready around Election Day in November. "I think in some cases, yes, possible before, but right around that time," Trump said on Geraldo Rivera's radio show when asked if he thought a vaccine would be ready by Nov. 3. "We have great companies," he added. "The rest of the world is also doing vaccines, so let's see how they do."

The president's comments are likely to fuel concerns that he is exerting political pressure on vaccine development in a bid to boost his reelection hopes. Trump told reporters this week that politics will not play any role in the science behind vaccine development, and administration officials have made similar assurances.

But Trump has repeatedly insisted a vaccine could be ready in the near future, citing Operation Warp Speed, a government initiative to expedite the development, manufacturing and distribution of a possible COVID-19 vaccine. "I'm rushing it. I am. I'm pushing everybody." Trump told Rivera of the push for a vaccine.

Trump also claimed a vaccine wouldn't be ready for "two years" if a different president were in office.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510853-trump-covid-19-vaccine-may-be-ready-right-around-election-day

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Trump: COVID-19 vaccine may be ready 'right around' Election Day (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 OP
LOL. ananda Aug 2020 #1
Yes, this is discussed in Steven Hassan's book Mike 03 Aug 2020 #5
what a lying sack of whopper shit. nt yaesu Aug 2020 #2
As soon as he relabels millions of vials of chloroquine C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #3
"COVID-19 vaccine may be ready 'right around' Election Day" Botany Aug 2020 #4
"The rest of the world is also doing vaccines, so let's see how they do." Mike 03 Aug 2020 #6
If you can't see him pushing a Russian Vaccine ScratchCat Aug 2020 #11
Almost exactly right hvn_nbr_2 Aug 2020 #18
Yep. dalton99a Aug 2020 #20
Didn't it go away in April when the weather got warmer? keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #7
So, we already know he lies like no other johnnyfins Aug 2020 #8
Of course he's going to ANNOUNCE that he's AleksS Aug 2020 #9
Wow, what convenient timing! Initech Aug 2020 #10
Pushing a vaccine that's not ready for a virus that's fake? louis-t Aug 2020 #12
The best vaccine in the history of the world - and a fantastic addition to Dr. Trump's formulary dalton99a Aug 2020 #13
"The vaccine will be ready by around Election Day, but... They_Live Aug 2020 #14
They'll announce it as a nice October surprise IronLionZion Aug 2020 #15
"Vote or vaccine? Vote or vaccine? Vote or vaccine?" ..."It's your choice." C Moon Aug 2020 #16
"And if you don't vote for Me, your favorite president, I'll pour it all down the damn drain!" Grokenstein Aug 2020 #17
Even IF it was available that doesn't erase the 160k dead and climbing. chowder66 Aug 2020 #19
Trump says, "Only I can fix...this gigantic mess that I made." nt Sloumeau Aug 2020 #21
In other words Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #22
Ahhhhh, horseshit. Magoo48 Aug 2020 #23
No thanks Rebl2 Aug 2020 #24
He's not rushing anything DrToast Aug 2020 #25
And the health plan Alger60 Aug 2020 #26
Just like his healthcare plan was ready last week after he said it would be ready in two weeks TeamPooka Aug 2020 #27
uh huh, "Right around" means "It is what it is." onetexan Aug 2020 #29
... and if you vote for trump you'll be the first to get the vaccine... IcyPeas Aug 2020 #28
Well if he is a pompous crooked AF ignorant liar who probably had a stroke: IT IS WHAT IT IS! Brainfodder Aug 2020 #30
He couldn't be any more transparent. MineralMan Aug 2020 #31

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
5. Yes, this is discussed in Steven Hassan's book
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:08 AM
Aug 2020
The Cult of Trump, as you say it is a classic tactic.

C_U_L8R

(44,891 posts)
3. As soon as he relabels millions of vials of chloroquine
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:06 AM
Aug 2020

This Trump clown is like the Fast Eddy of snake oil.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. "The rest of the world is also doing vaccines, so let's see how they do."
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:13 AM
Aug 2020

Russia, of course, is boasting about its vaccine. I hope Trump doesn't plan to make a deal with Russia for their rushed vaccine. I trust that like I trust Bernie Madoff to invest my last thousand bucks.

ScratchCat

(1,957 posts)
11. If you can't see him pushing a Russian Vaccine
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:19 AM
Aug 2020

from miles away, I'm afraid you may be blind. I fully expect this to happen by the end of September and he will then try to claim "we" are going to trade the dropping of all sanctions and lifting the Magniski Act with Russia for the vaccine. Watch. He will proclaim Russia is our savior.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,481 posts)
18. Almost exactly right
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:58 AM
Aug 2020

I think it will be a little later than end of September. They want it to be late enough that it won't be clear by election day that the Russian vaccine is a hoax and doesn't work.

Trump is telegraphing this as clearly as "Russia, if you're listening..." He can't keep his mouth shut when he knows a secret that he likes.

keithbvadu2

(36,362 posts)
7. Didn't it go away in April when the weather got warmer?
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:16 AM
Aug 2020

Didn't it go away in April when the weather got warmer?

johnnyfins

(772 posts)
8. So, we already know he lies like no other
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:16 AM
Aug 2020

Nothing he says about this pandemic can be trusted. It's all designed for re-election. Vaccine near Election Day!!!!!!!??????? He's kidding, right? And F Geraldo, too.

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
9. Of course he's going to ANNOUNCE that he's
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:17 AM
Aug 2020

Personally discovered a vaccine the day before Election Day.

Of course this has nothing to do with whether there’s ACTUALLY a vaccine ready then.

Initech

(99,912 posts)
10. Wow, what convenient timing!
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:19 AM
Aug 2020

And I called this back in March that this was going to be their "October Surprise".

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
12. Pushing a vaccine that's not ready for a virus that's fake?
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:24 AM
Aug 2020

Lots of deplorables are running around saying it's all fake.

They_Live

(3,222 posts)
14. "The vaccine will be ready by around Election Day, but...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:30 AM
Aug 2020

only if I win. If I don't win it was rigged" - That's what he meant to say.

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
16. "Vote or vaccine? Vote or vaccine? Vote or vaccine?" ..."It's your choice."
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:53 AM
Aug 2020

I wouldn't trust a rushed Russian vaccine, anyway (I'm sure that's what is going to happen...Putin will offer to sell vaccines for billions of dollars). They would either be a fake or toxic vaccine.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
22. In other words
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 12:47 PM
Aug 2020

They're going distribute something whether it works or not. Trump will try to bullshit his way through like he always does.

IcyPeas

(21,737 posts)
28. ... and if you vote for trump you'll be the first to get the vaccine...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 02:51 PM
Aug 2020

did he say that? because you know he would do that if he could.

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