Trump was so effective in pushing HCQ he even got some lefties like Pekelo believing in it. Imagine the lives he'd have saved pushing shit that actually worked?Why Trump’s secret COVID jab was a massive missed opportunity
Matthew Knott March 3, 2021 https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-...ssive-missed-opportunity-20210303-p5778u.html
Washington: When the US began rolling out coronavirus vaccines late last year, there was a lot of concern about vaccine hesitancy among African-Americans.
Multiple polls showed that black Americans were significantly more sceptical about getting the jab than white or Hispanic Americans, reflecting a history of disturbing government experiments on black patients.
But as the vaccine rollout progressed and more information became available, African Americans’ confidence in the coronavirus vaccine grew - a development that has pleased public health experts.
Donald Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference showed they he remains revered by the Republican base. CREDIT:AP
But one demographic group in America remains stubbornly and disturbingly wary of getting the vaccine: Republicans.
A rolling survey by polling firm CIVIQS shows that 42 per cent of Republican voters say they do not plan to take a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available to them. Another 14 per cent say they are unsure about whether to get the jab.
Support for the vaccine is lowest among white Republicans, with just 42 per cent saying they plan to get vaccinated or have already been vaccinated. That compares to 94 per cent of white Democrats - a remarkable difference even in this American moment of heightened political polarisation.
Republican voters are increasingly sceptical, if not downright disdainful, of the mainstream media and scientific experts such as Anthony Fauci. Being told by a bureaucrat or CNN presenter that they should get vaccinated is more likely to turn them off than convince them to do so.
the past weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) showed, most Republicans continue to revere him - even after his election defeat and the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
In his speech to CPAC, Trump made a brief mention of the vaccine, saying: “Everyone should go get your shot.”
This raised the question: had Trump received the vaccine himself? It turned out he had: The New York Times reported on Tuesday (AEDT) that Trump and Melania had received their vaccines in secret in January before leaving the White House over a month ago.
US President Joe Biden received both his coronavirus vaccine shots in public. CREDIT:AP
The Trumps’ private vaccinations stand in contrast with the actions of political leaders around the world. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris received their vaccinations on camera, as did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Australian government made it a priority to ensure Australians of all political persuasions have confidence in the vaccine by arranging for the Labor and Greens leaders, as well as Prime Minister Scott Morrison, to receive their jabs in public.
Former vice-president Mike Pence received his vaccine on camera, but he does not command anywhere near the devotion that Trump does among the Republican base.
Trump’s decision to get vaccinated in secret is especially baffling given he could have justifiably used it as a moment to take credit for the vaccine rollout.
For all Trump’s flaws in responding to the pandemic, he quickly seized on the importance of vaccines as a way out of the crisis by launching “Operation Warp Speed”, a public-private partnership to develop and manufacture COVID vaccines.
Being vaccinated on camera would have cost Trump nothing and sent a powerful message to his supporters that they should get the jab when their turn arrives.
It was a unique opportunity to use his platform for good, and he squandered it.
So I hear Trump told his cult to get the vaccine, not watching CPAC
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https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-thinks-donald-trumps-vaccine-remarks-fake-good-impression-1577046
QAnon Thinks Donald Trump's Vaccine Remarks Are Fake, Just a Very Good Imitation
QAnon Thinks Donald Trump's Vaccine Remarks Are Fake, Just a Very Good Imitation
This is exactly why world leaders and former leaders should get vaccinated on live TV...publicly and not privately because anything done privately (secretly) the way Trump / Melanie did their vaccination back in January...
The words by world leaders / former leaders will now fall on deaf ears especially the conspiracy cult. They will see any audio or written words by Trump released by Trump to the media to be fake news.
Simply, Trump telling his cult via an audio that he recommends getting vaccinated...to late for that because he already was vaccinated in private / secrecy.
Yet, if he stands in front of crowd at a rally or something like CPAC to say him and his wife were in fact vaccinated instead of a released audio...almost as good as getting vaccinated publicly for all to see.
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