We have to stop the politicization of public health
Trump's admission that he sought to "play down" the threat of COVID-19 during the early stages of the pandemic raises unsettling concerns as to whether the administration values its political success over the health and welfare of the nation.
The biggest question now as scientists work around the clock to develop a safe and efficacious vaccine: will facts and sound science be allowed to guide the research and testing process? Or will the administration pressure the drug industry and scientific community to accelerate this work, and potentially risk public health, to score political points before election day?
"We're going to have a vaccine very soon," President Trump said at a White House press conference on Labor Day. "Maybe even before a very special date. You know what date I'm talking about."
His comments contradict statements by one of his own scientific advisors leading Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who said it was "extremely unlikely," a "very, very low chance," that a vaccine would be available by election day.
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