Biden, Some Democrats Say Trump Administration Deserves Credit For Vaccine Rollout
- Date: 22-Dec-2020
- Source: Forbes
- Sector:Economy
- Country:Middle East
Biden, Some Democrats Say Trump Administration Deserves Credit For Vaccine Rollout
Topline
President-elect Joe Biden, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) all praised the Trump administration's vaccine rollout effort this week, a reversal from earlier in the pandemic when Democrats expressed concern about President Donald Trump's role in vaccine development.
President-elect Joe Biden (L) receives a COVID-19 Vaccination from nurse practitioner Tabe Masa at ... [+] ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital on December 21, 2020 in Newark, Delaware.
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Key Facts
Biden, Newsom and Durbin all said this week the Trump administration deserves credit for Operation Warp Speed, the monthslong federal effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine.
Earlier this year, both Biden and Durbin expressed doubt about vaccines developed under the Trump Administration because the president consistently clashed with the government's own scientists about a timeline, creating concerns he was pressuring officials and pharmaceutical companies to rush the process.
Newsom for his part has avoided criticizing Trump directly about the issue, but he created a task force with other western states to independently review a vaccine themselves before