This is what Donald Trump is claiming. And I have to say, I’m no fan of Trump but the timing does seem very convenient. AIBU to think his suspicions may have some grounds?
Yes, very. Trump may think he's that important, but why should the rest of us? The research process does what it does - you can accelerate a lot of it, but not all of it.
Given that the vaccine was developed without assistance from the US government initiative, I can see why the company behind it might not have wanted to give Trump a boost for something he didn’t achieve. I have no idea if they delayed it deliberately or not, but you can see the logic behind it if they did - they would have been keen to avoid the potential political ramifications of a pre-election announcement.
Trump thinks everything is about him. His narcissistic actions were far more damaging to his chances of a second term that a delayed vaccine announcement.
And surely you'd want to be the first to the post as a scientist. That's what they care about. That and saving lives. But if you were going to play politics, you'd hold off a bit longer so people like the OP wouldn't make this inane suggestion.
I love these posts that say “I’m not a trump supporter but.....” it’s up there with “I’m not racist/sexist but....” which essentially go on to be exactly that....
The publication date for the trials will have been scheduled according to the testing timetable, not according to the US election.
They deserve the thanks of every right thinking person on the whole planet!! Did you notice that he opted to play golf rather than take part in last week’s G20 meeting re the pandemic ?
To those asking why would it matter if they did... well for one thing, maybe because it’s pretty damn worrying to have big pharma companies playing politics and directly trying to influence elections? Just a thought...
His deluded fan base voted for him irrespective of there being a vaccine. Perhaps they thought he'd come round and lay hands on them all individually, or something equally bonkers.
Hang on OP, I've got some tinfoil somewhere if you'd like to fashion yourself a hat?
Alternatively, it could just be that scientists have been racing against time to find a vaccine for a pandemic that only came up this year? Which is also the year that Trump lost the presidency. maybe that was also a complete coincidence ffs...
