In reference to Pfizer and its COVID-19 vaccine
Senator Wicker, on Facebook, said that key investments from the CARES Act and President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed have made this vaccine possible.
Both Trump and Pence tried to take credit for this vaccine when it was first announced.
Pence: Thanks to the public-private partnership forged by President Trump, Pfizer announced its coronavirus trial is effective in 90 percent of its volunteers.
Trump: If Joe Biden were President, you wouldn’t have the vaccine for another four years, nor would the U.S. FDA have approved it so quickly.
The bureaucracy would have destroyed millions of lives.
Pfizer won’t let Trump administration take false credit for vaccine progress.
Pfizer says they were never part of Operation Warp Speed, nor did they take any money from the U.S. government.
James Hodges
Steens
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