A Vaccine Triumph
By: Betsy MacCaughey
This is indeed good news! We have a very effective vaccine or two and they will be well underway in the distribution of them to the vulnerable well before Biden can use the China virus to mandate mask wearing from the moment we set foot outside our front door or use it as an excuse to re shut the economy so he can re order it in a socialist image after destroying it. This vaccine is the weapon we need to be able to go into outright open defiance and civil disobedience mode against such measures. This article is a wonderful New York perspective. And their current governor is the last person on earth who should be opjecting to deployment of a vaccine ASAP.
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Source: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour
Monday's news that a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer will be ready for FDA approval this month sent stock markets soaring and everyone celebrating. It is wonderful news for humanity.
A vaccine will slow the deaths, end the lockdowns, allow businesses to reopen, free children to return to school and return life to normal within half a year.
Amazingly, one group isn't celebrating: Democratic politicians. They'd rather criticize the breakthrough than allow the triumph to occur on President Donald Trump's watch. Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York and Gov. Gavin Newsom in California are saying FDA approval of the vaccine isn't enough, and they'll insist on approval by experts in their own states as well.
That's unconstitutional. Drug approval is a federal responsibility, and courts have ruled that states should stay out of it.
Cuomo took it a preposterous step further on Monday, arguing that it would be better if the vaccine plan were delayed until Joe Biden became president. With over 1,000 Americans dying a day from COVID-19, Cuomo's calculation makes no sense.
First, the good news. Pfizer and its German biotech partner, BioNTech, announced Monday that their vaccine appears to be 90% effective against the virus -- a stunning achievement. The FDA minimum level of efficacy is 50%, which is standard for flu vaccines. Pfizer's vaccine will offer far more protection. Once Pfizer wins approval, it will sell 20 million doses a month to the United States government, also supply the European Union and Japan and, eventually, produce over 1.3 billion doses.
More good news. Another vaccine developer, Moderna, using a technology similar to Pfizer's, will announce its data later this month. Moderna's likely approval will mean there will probably be sufficient production of vaccines in 2021 to stop this virus worldwide.
No wonder airline, cruise ship and restaurant stocks soared by double digits. A vaccine will allow people to travel, dine out and resume life as they knew it pre-COVID-19. Thanks to science.
If only science could cure the cynicism of our politicians. The big lie that drove the presidential election was that Trump was to blame for 230,000 COVID deaths. Joe Biden assailed Trump for opening the economy and vowed to shut it down again if scientists recommended it. Biden promised to get control of the virus, but he was clueless. It was Trump who had the vision to focus on vaccine development.
Biden and Harris vowed they wouldn't trust a vaccine offered by Trump. These petty comments increased the risk that the public will hesitate to get vaccinated.
Ironically, as news broke about Pfizer's vaccine, Biden announced his Coronavirus Task Force and outlined his plans to ramp up testing, contact tracing and other defensive measures. Aside from mask-wearing, it was hard to see any daylight between what he recommended and what Trump has been doing for months. Biden barely mentioned the vaccine -- the game changer that makes all these other measures unnecessary.
Meanwhile, Cuomo bashed the Trump administration's vaccine distribution plan for neglecting needy groups and suggested New Yorkers should wait for a vaccine until Biden takes office. The truth is, Trump will distribute the vaccine for free to the general public at retailers like CVS and Walmart. That's sensible because the public is accustomed to going there for flu vaccines. But health care workers, nursing home residents, the homeless and other vulnerable groups will also get priority.
Cuomo, who has blood on his hands for forcing COVID-19 patients into nursing homes, now wants New Yorkers to wait months longer than residents of other states for a vaccine. Tell that to elderly people who have been trapped in their homes for months.
No matter what your politics, the vaccine breakthrough is a relief. Trump deserves credit. He urged the pharmaceutical giants to invest in vaccine development, committed to buying the vaccines to remove the business risk and streamlined FDA regulations to speed the process. A weary world should be grateful. Well done, Mr. President.
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York
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hopefully, the Democrats will stop with the anti vaxx scare campaigns,
Hopefully, Trump and his minions will STOP authorizing CRAP that is unproven which is later found to be ineffective. Alas...
Really, so you are a scientist with inner knowledge of the vaccines that both companies are putting forward for approval?
Please do tell.
I am sure the companies are eager to cash in on vaccines; but if you know anything about drug companies they are very hesitant about law suites- which is the reason they put those mile long disclaimers in their commercials advertising their products. You hate Trump and distrust him; but these companies aren't about to invest billions- and risk lawsuits just to make Trump happy.
Tacos says No Comprehnday , in his comment above, which is it, know risk, or Billuions
You should reply to me if you really expect a response to a question about my comment. It was mere chance that I saw this.
Anyway, it seems like you misunderstand how the Warp Speed program works. Normally, the pharmaceutical company would invest its own money in the development of a new drug. Because it's their money at risk, they proceed cautiously.
But with Warp Speed, only the taxpayers risk money and the big company is free to invest without having to worry about the financial consequences of failure. They literally get to spend two billion dollars without having to recoup the investment through sales.
Based on what do you say this? The drug companies are going through test procedures to make sure it's effective and safe.
You didn't know?
He is the site's expert (fill in the blank).
That's unconstitutional. Drug approval is a federal responsibility, and courts have ruled that states should stay out of it.
This federal government administration is so gutted of anyone worth listening to that you’d need to have a death wish to trust it. I’m picturing Donald searching between his ears for the best person to approve a drug, and connecting the dots between drugs and Charlie Sheen.
There was a record 144,000+ new coronavirus cases in the U S. today. The abysmal, criminally negligent Trump regime is killing Americans.
So you support arresting the leaders of all European countries and charging them with criminally negligent homicide too, right?
That is an idiotic comment. Don't be ridiculous, if that's possible.
If Trump's "criminally negligent", then so are they.
More cases per capita, more guilt, eh counselor?
The situations are not even remotely similar, and you know it.
I do. Europe has a heartbreaking outbreak right now despite months to prepare. The virus was almost gone in the summer there.. And despite all this time to prepare and months with very few cases European leaders have "let" their country get slammed through what according to you is "Criminal negligence"
If Trump is killing Americans, than European leaders are killing Europeans. Unless you just made up a standard you won't apply to others so you can engage in silly partisan bashing of your President.
Thailand had 3 new cases and Vietnam had 26 new cases. Comparing the US to those two countries it would seem that Trump and his administration are doing a shit poor job.
I can list at least 10 European countries that have fewer cases and fewer deaths than Sweden and are practicing social distancing and mask wearing.
So obviously there is something else going on.
Did they also design it to not cause harm in selected European countries?
You do know that there has been zero proof that they designed it at all.
So they designed (perhaps it's a designer virus) to keep Thailand and Vietnam almost free of the virus. LMAO, that is really bizarre, but hey go with it, chump.
Go ahead and defend the indefensible. History will be the judge, and the verdict will not be favorable to your President. But then, you know that, too.
Sure, chump, whatever you say...
What are you talking about? Biden doesn't want to lock down the country if he doesn't have to. If there is a vaccine, I am sure we will get it as soon as possible, which will be an undertaking itself.
The nightmare will be over when we finally get rid of Trump on January 20th. Whether we will have a viable vaccine by then remains to be seen. Meanwhile, we do expect true Trump cultists to act out in all the infantile behavior imaginable.
I agree that you are a deplorable chump. That's about it.
The WHO gave the same reason that Trump did for not telling everyone sooner and that was not to panic everyone. In fact, the WHO told Trump. They are both complicit.