THREAD: Joe Biden is now giving (unsolicited) "advise" on how to manufacture and distribute the coronavirus vaccine.
Given Biden's totally-botched failure on the Swine Flu vaccine, no one should listen to him.
It was a disaster. Let's review the headlines, shall we?
Given Biden's totally-botched failure on the Swine Flu vaccine, no one should listen to him.
It was a disaster. Let's review the headlines, shall we?
New York Times, Nov. 4, 2009:
"Even though the regular flu season has yet to start, the nation is facing a severe shortage of seasonal flu vaccine as well as swine flu vaccine." https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/health/05flu.html
"Even though the regular flu season has yet to start, the nation is facing a severe shortage of seasonal flu vaccine as well as swine flu vaccine." https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/health/05flu.html
ABC, Oct. 26, 2009:
H1N1 Vaccine Shortages Create Panic, Worry
"Two days after the H1N1 flu was declared a national emergency, vaccine shortages around the country are creating anxiety and concern." https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/swine-flu-h1n1-flu-vaccine-shortage-panic/story?id=8915650
H1N1 Vaccine Shortages Create Panic, Worry
"Two days after the H1N1 flu was declared a national emergency, vaccine shortages around the country are creating anxiety and concern." https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/swine-flu-h1n1-flu-vaccine-shortage-panic/story?id=8915650
NPR, Oct. 26, 2009:
SWINE FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE: WHY?
"The problems have left local public health officials frustrated and bewildered." https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114156775
SWINE FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE: WHY?
"The problems have left local public health officials frustrated and bewildered." https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114156775
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 19. 2009:
"Some deliveries of swine flu vaccine will be delayed this month, in the latest complication for health officials in mounting a massive immunization campaign as the disease continues to spread." https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125571271634890319
"Some deliveries of swine flu vaccine will be delayed this month, in the latest complication for health officials in mounting a massive immunization campaign as the disease continues to spread." https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125571271634890319
Slate, Nov. 2, 2009:
"The current shortage of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine was both predictable and largely avoidable." https://slate.com/technology/2009/11/what-we-can-learn-from-the-shortage-of-h1n1-vaccine.html
"The current shortage of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine was both predictable and largely avoidable." https://slate.com/technology/2009/11/what-we-can-learn-from-the-shortage-of-h1n1-vaccine.html
ABC, Oct. 21, 2009:
SWINE FLU VACCINE: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
"Many people find themselves unable to get protection, even if they are in high-risk groups." https://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFlu/h1n1-vaccine-shortage-frustration-grows-patients/story?id=8884346
SWINE FLU VACCINE: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
"Many people find themselves unable to get protection, even if they are in high-risk groups." https://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFlu/h1n1-vaccine-shortage-frustration-grows-patients/story?id=8884346
Baltimore Sun, Oct. 26, 2009:
"The government overpromised on its ability to organize and implement the massive H1N1 vaccination program it envisioned. Now it faces the prospect of a collapse in public confidence..." https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-10-over_promising_the_swine_flu_v-story.html
"The government overpromised on its ability to organize and implement the massive H1N1 vaccination program it envisioned. Now it faces the prospect of a collapse in public confidence..." https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-10-over_promising_the_swine_flu_v-story.html
The situation became so problematic that the Obama-Biden CDC Director had to publicly apologize.
"We are nowhere near where we thought we'd be by now...We share the frustration of people who...haven't been able to find a place to get vaccinated.”
"We are nowhere near where we thought we'd be by now...We share the frustration of people who...haven't been able to find a place to get vaccinated.”
Biden's own public health advisor Ron Klain admitted that they royally messed up the H1N1 vaccine rollout:
"We did every possible thing wrong... It is purely a fortuity that this isn’t one of the great mass casualty events in American history."
"We did every possible thing wrong... It is purely a fortuity that this isn’t one of the great mass casualty events in American history."