The Coronavirus

[Bob Butler 54]

(09-04-2020, 07:24 PM)TnT Wrote:

(09-03-2020, 12:29 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(09-03-2020, 10:30 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(09-03-2020, 05:45 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: The AP is reporting that the US health agencies are getting ready to release a vaccine just before the election.  There is conjecture that this is a political decision, that Trump's political people so much want a miracle to happen, for the bug to just go away, that they are going to override the medical people.

The medical profession and (due to vulnerability from lawsuits) pharmaceutical industry insist upon "safe and effective" treatments. The politicians who know about as much about medicine and medical research as they know about quantum mechanics (usually nothing) may insist upon pushing miracles. (It may be surprising, but some of the most advanced medical activity is in veterinary care). 

Good administrative techniques could have done far more good than any questionable miracles. Rushed vaccines and medications are ordinarily worthless or inexcusably harmful. We know Trump's record on many things: he is one of the biggest poseurs ever, and poseurs rarely get good results.

I've heard there's several vaccines that are very promising that were entering their final phase of testing about a month ago and the federal government had placed a massive order as well. I don't know if the Democratic party and all their media outlets wanted you to know that or not at the time or at this point either and prefers to keep its voters out of the loop for personal/political reasons of its own. Why are you guys so deaf, dumb and blind and seem so aloof and out of the loop when it comes to knowledge of important information that relates to an issue that scares Democratic voters and empowers Democratic regimes so much these days.

Being kind of a practical orientation, I'm waiting for the "plan."  Let's say, just for argument that there is an effective vaccine available sometime this year.  What's the "plan?"  (Snip.)

I know the federal government has lost much credibility at this point.  Trump is putting political hacks on top of the medical agencies who have been editing the advice from the real doctors.  I for one will be in no hurry to get a vaccination if one appears as an October surprise.  I will wait on my personal doctor to agree that it is time.  Meanwhile Warp Speed may be pouring a ton of resources into something not ready just to meet a political deadline.  It is not that I am thrilled by the isolation precautions, but I will keep them up rather than believe the Trump hacks.

I suppose that makes me at least as hesitant as the vaccine denialist people.