I’ve been predicting this for a while. It became obvious once you saw Democrats trying to claim that the vaccines are untested and dangerous. Normally they’d be all for it, but they came to realize that the timing works out terribly for them. They spent months hyping up COVID-19 as an existential threat to the United States and humanity. Now, after months of doing everything possible to help move the best vaccine candidates through the testing process, President Trump stands ready to announce a safe and effective vaccine. When he does, he’ll be seen as a hero to Americans living through this nightmare. Oops.
Worse, with a vaccine becoming available, Americans’ attention will turn back to the economy. And who do they trust more to shepherd the economy back to health? Slow Biden? Or President Trump?
So yes, the Democrats will now make every effort to slow or block any vaccines from approval. They’ll spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about them. Anything to try and save their failing narrative about President Trump botching the response. The only thing that could make this any worse is the announcement of Federal investigations into Democrat governors forcing nursing homes to accept infected people, which cost thousands of lives.
Never a doubt in my mind that IF/WHEN a vaccine was “ready” (and of course, no vaccine is ready without years’ of trials), the Ds would do an about face to block it.
Gotta have that fear.