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Originally Posted by Traum
While what you're saying is true, remember the 90% effective Pfizer vaccine that we heard about a few days ago? I think it is also worth mentioning -- and only fair to mention -- that Trump poured in a ton of money into COVID vaccine research. I don't necessarily agree with the pressure he was putting on the FDA to fastrack vaccine approval, but in the end, I don't think the vaccine developers gave into that pressure while at the same time, the pressure lead to a bigger effort that inevitibly expediated vaccine R&D. So in that sense, Trump deserves a bit of credit for enabling that to happen.
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The CEO of Pfizer says otherwise. The $1.95B was only promised towards distribution, not the making of the vaccine. Which means they've literally done zero up to this point in helping to make the vaccine. Also, public/political pressure plays zero role in the safe creation of medications in general. These are researchers, doctors and patients involved in the process. Speed isn't the goal, safety and efficacy is.
Read more here:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/busin...ine/index.html