I'll bet Trump is bummed about the timing of the Pfizer announcement.

[Disaffected]

And I wonder when he will start claiming that Pfizer cost him votes by deliberately holding off on their vaccine announcement until after the election?

[PJMcK]

1. Could Pfizer have waited to announce this on purpose?

Did they want to make sure Trump couldn't take electoral advantage of their scientific efforts?

Or is it just a coincidence?

[MaryMagdaline]

11. Yep. Just like Iran with the hostages

It’s ok with me. See James Comey

[still_one]

2. Pfizer did this without government financial support or part of his warp speed plan

but to your point, it really serves him right.

He took credit for President Obama's economy when he took office, and again the Democrats are going to have to clean up after the mess the republicans have left us

[Claustrum]

5. Right. But if they took money from the government and if Trump catch wind about the results,

would you have any doubts that Trump wouldn't rush the announcement?

[still_one]

9. Of course, and he is trying to claim credit for this. I wonder if he realizes that Pfizer

was in partnership with German Company BioNTech SE (BNTX)

I am sure Merkel is smiling

[Dem2]

3. It didn't effect the election

It would have been highly inappropriate for them to announce before the election.

Oh, and I don't give two chits about his feelings.

[BKDem]

4. How about if everybody stops listening to him now? Please?

[MiniMe]

6. Of course he will.

I have already seen people complaining about the timing of the announcement. I question about how they can claim it is 90% effective, seems like it would take a lot more testing over a long period.

[Disaffected]

17. As I understand it,

of those phase 3 trial participants (those who got the vaccine plus those who got the placebo), 90% of those who happened to contract the virus afterwards were in the placebo group.

IIRC there were some 14K participants from a variety or racial backgrounds and countries so the results, if accurately stated, are statistically very important. It's only prelim results however and not peer reviewed so the final results may vary somewhat.

And, I don't believe there is any especially good idea at this point of how long the immunity will last (routine shots may be required).

[Bad Thoughts]

7. He still let people die

A promise of a vaccine is not a policy. Moreover, we are still a long way from everyone being fully innoculated.

Trump needed to focus the population on measures that would keep people alive now. He didn't

He failed to lead.

[Hoyt]

8. No question. If that had come out earlier, it would have been another October

Surprise that Could have turned the election.

Wouldn’t have changed fact he mismanaged the pandemic, cost lives, and was otherwise a cruddy President. I doubt that Pfizer deliberately delayed the announcement, though.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. No, not deliberately.

Just bad luck for him. Oh well, too bad so sad

[Yonnie3]

10. I suspect he is bummed about a lot of things lately.

Although angry might be a better description.

He's also paranoid. In his "mind" everything is a plot to make him look bad.

Of course, as they say, "Even paranoids have enemies."

[Gothmog]

13. Donald Trump Jr relentlessly fact-checked for COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theory

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[matt819]

14. He probably will

But I just read this morning that Pfizer is not part of the government operation warp speed.

And since they're partnering with a European firm, I think I'd be inclined to take this vaccine, provided the continuing tests and trials demonstrate its efficacy.

I never use the word efficacy in speaking to people, but in writing? I love using that word.

[snowybirdie]

15. Junior

already tweeted about it. Drug companies for Biden apparently.

[Turbineguy]

16. I don't know why

It won't reduce the number of people he'll kill until he's out.