Contrary to popular belief, none of the vaccines have formal approval from the FDA. Instead they have been given an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
Under an EUA, FDA may allow the use of unapproved medical products, or unapproved uses of approved medical products in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions when certain statutory criteria have been met, including that there are no adequate, approved, and available alternatives. . . For an EUA to be issued for a vaccine, for which there is adequate manufacturing information to ensure quality and consistency, FDA must determine that the known and potential benefits outweigh the known and potential risks of the vaccine. Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccines Explained | FDA
I think it is a great idea. Trump still has a lot of sway with millions of voters whom might not otherwise get the vaccine.
I don’t care how we reach herd immunity, I just care that we do. Trump would be very helpful here. Let him bloviate and take all the credit, I could care less.
You do realize that seasonal vaccines, like the annual flu shot, are passed in a similar way? We cannot test the flu shot for 4 or 5 years, we need to get it out every year at the same time.
So what you’re saying is, in 4 years and assuming he’s still able, Donald Trump will be on the campaign trail talking about Joe Biden?
I wouldn’t count on it. Who was the last Republican President that didn’t have to hide post Presidency? Reagan wasn’t all there, Bush was widely discredited and a bit of a disgrace, Donald Trump is a spectacular failure, soooo…
Just because Obama did it doesn’t mean Trump can, and that applies to everything.
“I would recommend it and I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly,” Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.
“But again,” he continued, “we have our freedoms and we have to live by that and I agree with that also. But it is a great vaccine. It is a safe vaccine and it is something that works.”