The “government” responsible for this included Donald Trump. I distinctly remember him standing in front of Blix and Fauci and the rest of that crowd touting the vaccine. He bragged about how quickly he got it produced. One of his flunkies, Peter Navarro, even wrote a book about what geniuses he and his boss were. “In Trump Time” was the title.
In Trump world developing a vaccine is like expediting the construction of a skating rink in New York City. I thought at the time that compressing everything into six months instead of the usual five years was a risky proposition. Trump has yet to acknowledge his complicity in this and, instead, brags that he saved millions of lives. I doubt he’ll ever agree that this was a massive mistake. It’s not in his nature to admit he’s wrong about anything.
Agree, Trump needs to openly admit he made a mistake. Was he fed bad advice, Yes. Birx and Fauci outright and INTENTIONALLY LIED to him.
Sadly, I don’t think Trump’s ego will let him openly admit a mistake. Admission would be a positive thing!