I GUARANTEE this is the funniest shit you have read all day:

[DetlefK]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-save-american-lives-biden-needs-to-ask-trump-for-his-help?ref=home

by Irwin Redlener

In initiating Operation Warp Speed (OWS), former President Trump actually made a serious contribution to President Biden’s ability to kick-start his entire national vaccine plan. And now Biden needs to personally convince Trump to take one more step in the fight against Covid-19. He must convince his predecessor to call on his supporters to get vaccinated, now!

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Of course, in addition to this unlikely alliance of two politically and ideologically polar opposite U.S. leaders, much credit is owed the scientists working in academia and in the private sector ...

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How interesting is it that in spite of Trump’s virulent attacks on science, his boisterous rejection of evidence-based public health policies, his off-the-wall flouting of recommendations to wear masks and keep appropriate social distancing, avoid crowds, and so on, that he pushed hard to get vaccine development fast-tracked.

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Even without dwelling on the implications of those realities, I believe that Donald Trump could actually serve his country right now by using his still viable, still influential platform to his millions of his fanatically devoted followers to get vaccinated. That’s it. That message could increase the number of vaccinated Americans by millions – especially in the states Trump won in 2020, precisely where the lowest vaccination rates are.

Some may argue that whatever Trump says at this point will still not move some Americans who are devoted, conspiracy believing anti-vaxxers. That’s probably true for the fringers who believe that vaccinations include implantable microchips or make people magnetic. But hopefully the number of people that crazy is small enough that we’ll still be able to create a situation of herd immunity, at least here in the U.S.

If Trump needs to call it “the Trump Vaccine” to convince “his people” to take it, let him; their lives are at stake and, as the virus continues to mutate, the decisions they make, or do not, matter to everyone else.

Cocaine is helluva drug.

[lagomorph777]

1. The author has quite a fantasy life.

Connection to the real world, not so much.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Since when does TFG want to serve his country?

[Pinback]

3. Only if he sees it benefiting him personally

will TFG advocate COVID vaccinations. If he thinks the virus is killing more of his potential supporters than Biden’s, maybe he’d go for it.

[lagomorph777]

5. If he was being indicted for genocide, it might help clear his mind.

[arlyellowdog]

4. Waiting room at my eye doctor

There was a guy in his 70s, and about 5 other people. A lady said she wished we could convince everyone to get vaccinated so we could not wear masks at the doctor’s office. The 70 year old man said, “I have to tell the truth. I just want them all to gather together, get Covid, and die.” We all laughed because we have all had this thought.

[LakeArenal]

6. I agree. But I doubt seriously it is more than wishful thinking.

I have said since W that JOHN Roberts could be the hero that saves Democracy.

Turns out wishful thinking on my part

[Effete Snob]

7. You can't call it the "Trump vaccine" without paying him royalties

[-misanthroptimist]

8. A few critical comments

1. OWS did nothing. The first vaccine was produced by a company that didn't even participate.

2. There are no ideological differences between Biden and TFG. TFG has no ideology -just a malformed, needy set of emotions that dictate his every move -even when it means the next move contradicts directly the previous move.

3. TFG will never ever ever do anything for his country unless he can turn a personal profit from it. He has bone spurs, you know.

4. I do not care about those in his cult. Normally, I would. However, their perverse adherence to the worst example of a man that I can think of and their willingness to perpetrate violence in that cause allows me to write them off if they want to harm themselves.

[gratuitous]

9. Is the writer of this, uh, article familiar with Donald Trump?

For practically any other person on the planet, the scheme outlined here might have succeed. But since it's Donald Trump who is involved, we're talking about snowballs in Hell having a better chance.