🚨 Day 13 — December 13, 2024 Arguably the most successful part of Trump’s first term was Operation Warp Speed—the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines that Trump happily took great credit for late in his fist term. 1/ - ThreadSky

davidpepperoh.bsky.social • 79 days ago

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Day 13 — December 13, 2024

Arguably the most successful part of Trump’s first term was Operation Warp Speed—the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines that Trump happily took great credit for late in his fist term.

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

More broadly, humans did few things more effectively over the past century than develop and disseminate vaccines for a wide variety of ailments and diseases:

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

A World Health Organization study released this year found that not only have global immunization efforts “saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years,” but that

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

immunization is the single greatest contribution of any health intervention to ensuring babies not only see their first birthdays but continue leading healthy lives into adulthood.”

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

“For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10·2 billion years of full health gained.” The study found that vaccination has “accounted for 40% of the observed decline in global infant mortality.”

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

So, few things represent the bleaker prospects of Trump’s second term (compared to his first) than Trump himself doing a dramatic about-face on vaccines and immunization. And the past few days have made that reality clear.

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davidpepperoh.bsky.social•79 days ago

Trump has nominated infamous anti-vax quack RFK Jr. to be the nation’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. RFK and a chief lawyer—who himself specializes in anti-vaccine lawsuits—are hard at work filling key government health posts.

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dageezer.bsky.social•79 days ago

The credit should go to Mike Pence on that success. Mike, the VP Trump tried to put on the scaffold.

itsjustmescott.bsky.social•79 days ago

We would not need WARP SPEED if the orange buffoon didn't say "Covid is their new hoax". Ignored the pandemic guide provided by Obama.

You do not get to claim success if you are the reason for spread of the problem.

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