Republicans Happy To Support Vaccine When They Could Credit Trump, Then Went On Attack- Lies, CT

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- Rep. Madison Cawthorn tells recent CPAC crowd that vaccine volunteers are government agents in scheme to steal their Bibles and guns.
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Daily Kos, July 15, 2021. - Ed.

Here’s a quote from a vaccine supporter who was anxious to see the FDA give early approval to Pfizer back in November: “I’ve been a big proponent of releasing it early. I think that we’ve had enough safety and effectiveness data.” Another person encouraged by the rapid production of the vaccines praised the “brilliant” way in which Project Warp Speed had made vaccines available so quickly.

As The Washington Post reports, that first person praising the early release of vaccines was Republican Sen. Rand Paul. The second was Sen. Ron Johnson.

They were just 2 of many Republicans who were perfectly happy to brag when vaccines were under development, crediting Trump for the speed with which they became available. They were happy to cheer for Trump even though both the Pfizer/BioNTech vand Moderna vaccines were actually created months before Trump started the program, Pfizer actually received no funds for developing its vaccine, and the 2 biggest investments that Operation Warp Speed made—to Sanofi/GlaxoSmithKline & Novavax—have yet to produce one dose of available vaccine. Still, there were vaccines. And Trump had funded vaccines. So vaccines … yah!

Only Trump never put in place a system to effectively distribute vaccines. When he left office, only about 1% of the nation had been vaccinated and the biggest complaint from states was that the vaccine supply was inadequate. It took President Biden immediately mounting a program of additional vaccine purchases, providing states with levels of vaccine expected, and creating thousands of vaccination sites, large and small, to get the nation where it is now—with 59% of all adults fully vaccinated, 69% with at least one shot, and just under 100% of the rest being Republicans who won’t get the shot because it’s not coming from Trump. To be fair, GOP vaccine resistance has been high from the beginning. Civiqs actually shows vaccine refusal by Republicans increasing after the vaccines became available under Trump.

Since then the lines have been almost flat, & currently 44% of Republicans say they will not take the vaccine. Just 2% of those who have not already been vaccinated say they intend to get vaccinated. Resistance even held with a huge spike in cases over the holidays & official death totals over 600,000, even as the delta variant has turned red counties into red-hot spots of disease. It’s held in spite of the fact that 99.2% of COVID-19 deaths in May were among those who remain unvaccinated. Part of the reason is because that resistance has been constantly supported by both right-wing media & Republican politicians. When he was WH physician last Nov., Ronny Jackson said he would get vaccinated. Now U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson falsely claims that the vaccines are “experimental” & warns Fox viewers to think twice...

More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/15/2040028/-Republicans-riding-a-wave-of-conspiracy-theories-and-lies-to-keep-their-followers-afraid-of-vaccines
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- 'Vaccine hesitancy morphs into hostility, as opposition to shots harden,' Washington Post, July 15, 2021. ..What began as “vaccine hesitancy” has morphed into outright vaccine hostility, as conservatives increasingly attack the White House’s coronavirus message, mischaracterize its vaccination campaign and, more and more, vow to skip the shots altogether...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/covid-vaccines-biden-trump/2021/07/15/adaf6c7e-e4bd-11eb-a41e-c8442c213fa8_story.html

[gohuskies]

1. Today's GOP also is the party of hypocrisy

Among all their other despicable core values.

[appalachiablue]

2. Lies, deception all in the name of politics,

making Republicans more afraid and angry, even if it costs them their life, to try to make the Biden admin. look like a failure.

[gohuskies]

3. Ironically, their partisan anti-vax sentiment hurts them in the future

They are actively encouraging the deaths of the young voters who would be their own base in future elections. Stupid and short-sightness seems to be a talent in that corrupt party today.

[appalachiablue]

4. IK, it's tragic and absurd, don't they realize

what it will cost them? Seeing young people sick and damaged is a horror. And some of them will endure sickness and expense the rest of their lives.

[Harker]

5. Guns and Bibles.

That's two religions for some people, it seems.

[Probatim]

6. Are you sure it isn't one religion? nt

[Harker]

7. No, not at all.

It all seems so... bizarre.