>> We've been talking for a bit now about
the likelihood, the fear that Donald Trump
will approve a vaccine right before the election,
regardless of whether it exists, can be purchased,
has been tested, is safe, all of that. And
we seem to be moving steadily towards that
happening.
In a letter to state governors and health
departments obtained by The Hill, CDC Director
Robert Redfield said the McKesson Corporation
and its subsidiaries would soon be applying
for permits to build distribution sites for
a vaccine. He asked governors to consider
waiving requirements that would delay construction
or opening the sites.
Now, let's say hypothetically that they are
actually close to having a vaccine and it's
close to being produced in the numbers that
they would be able to have distribution sites.
Wanting those to be available as soon as possible,
all of that being accepted seems like a laudable
goal.
But wait until you find out about the timeline
that they're working on. This is from CDC
director Robert Redfield, who said, CDC urgently
requests your assistance in expediting applications
for these distribution facilities and if necessary,
asks that you consider waiving requirements
that would prevent these facilities from becoming
fully operational by November 1st 2020.
Which is another way of saying, two days before
the election. It might be, Adrian, is it just
a miracle that the vaccine is gonna be ready
to go the week of the election? Are we that
lucky?
>> And it's sad because there are people out
there who this will be what tips them over
to vote for Trump.
And the worst thing is, I don't know about
you, but I'm not taking any vaccine that was
rushed through any kind of trials. Yeah, right,
so I can grow an arm out of the side of my
face, get out of here.
>> And the worst part is, you know they're
gonna try to get people who are brown and
black to inject this stuff in them first.
No, I'm good. I will wait. I want whatever
Angela Merkel has to offer me. That's what
I want.
>> I'm gonna fly to Germany, and I'm gonna
let them hit me up with stuff. I'm not doing
that here, no
>> I mean, the only problem with that plan
is that if Germany is being responsible, they're
not gonna allow an American off the plane.
>> I know man, which is why I gotta get my
spy game up. I'm gonna try. I will apply to
the University of Germany. I don't know, I
made that up, but I will apply.
>> There's probably one.
>> I'm getting over there, I'm not doing this
here.
>> Yeah, now, Redfield assured governors that
the requirements that might need to be waived
would not compromise the safety or integrity
of the products being distributed. I don't
understand how he can say that the requirements
that the states would be waiving, won't cause
any concerns or any problems.
That doesn't seem like that's up to him. It
seems like it's up to the states or potentially
the manufacturer of the vaccine, rather than
Redfield, I don't know. But anyway, for context,
Anthony Fauci has been saying for a long time,
since January in fact, that a vaccine would
be unlikely to be ready before the end of
2020.
Sometime between that and the first half of
2021. Now, recently he has said, I believe
that by the time we get to the end of this
calendar year that we will feel comfortable
that we do have a safe and effective vaccine.
But by the end of the calendar year, being
relatively confident that we have a safe vaccine
is different than, and to have distribution
centers operating and giving people the vaccine
two days before the election.
So, again, like with so many other things,
I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to
say. I'm just hoping to put this out here
so that more people will know what the plan
clearly is. And, ideally, that the media will
know, because they love drama and election.
So when Donald Trump inevitably approves a
vaccine, five days before the election says,
in two days you'll be able to go and get it.
Are they going to exercise critical thought
and judgment? Are they gonna talk to doctors?
Are they gonna look at the actual information
about the tests that were done, if they were
even done. And I worry that it's just gonna
be vaccine authorization provides curveball
in last days of election.
It's just gonna be, hey, we don't have anything
to do with this. We don't have any sort of
journalistic job to accomplish, but man, Isn't
it exciting?
>> No, I completely and totally agree with
you. And the thing that kind of really sits
with me is the fact that the Tuskegee experiment
just ended back in 1972.
I've dated guys older than that. It's the
fact that we have a society that has exploited
vaccines and then they go, whoops, when things
go bad. And they create these, we're gonna
compensate you, but it's not much compensation
also takes a lot of legal fight and a lot
of gumption that a lot of people don't have.
And yet then they're stuck with all sorts
of deformities, issues. And the fact that
that we have a government willing to rush
through this vaccine and the trial situation,
just so that he can continue, Trump can continue
to stay in office, is very problematic, cuz
it's essentially just sacrificing people.
And there will be people who will fall for
it.
>> Yeah, potentially, although in a recent
poll, up to a third of Americans said that
they're not gonna be taking a vaccine once
it becomes available. 20% are just opposed
to vaccines in general, so a lot of that is
just being against vaccines, rather than being
against this one.
But that is still millions of Americans that
hold that position. Here's a sick question
for you, is it progress that the American
government used to care so little about the
lives of black and brown Americans that they
would rush through medication by testing on
them? Is it progress that now they don't care
about any of our lives, and so they will authorize
a vaccine that might end up killing us?
>> Yeah, well, I would say, hey, that is some
progress cuz the thing is, they're not going
to give it to wealthy white people, they will
use it on all sorts of black and brown people
and poor white people. And so I really see
this as, unfortunately, what, capitalism is
kind of nudging the race when it comes to
racism.
>> I guess that's the only thing that we can
say, okay, we've replaced another ill.
>> And it's how many votes will need to be
swayed? Would a vaccine coming out and the
promise that everything is going back to normal,
would that sway 1% of the vote? How could
it not sway 1% of the vote?
Two, 3% of the vote, maybe? I don't know
>> And just after that hydroxychloron, whatever
they had, I don't understand how anyone could
just be willing to pump themselves with whatever
the President says is acceptable. And, and
the worst part, and I don't mean to be horrible,
but if he gets re-elected into office, and
a bunch of these people who voted for him
took these vaccines, they may not even be
here with us to suffer, while we suffer with
him for another four years.
>> That's true, yeah. Yeah, and and the sick
thing is that in terms of actual sort of social
or political consequences of that, I worry
that the takeaway wouldn't be that this was
an incredibly cruel, cynical, inhumane exploitation
of the American people. It would be vaccines
kill you.
>> Yes, exactly. And then we're gonna have
people fighting just already credible vaccines.
And it's gonna become even more problematic
just to get people to not have typhoid and
typhus show up again. It's just there is no,
there's no hope here, and I don't understand
why people continue to think there's hope
in Trump.
>> I think that the only fair path is to,
as a blanket rule, not just on COVID, test
vaccines on Republican congressmen. That's
the only fair way. Cuz they assure us that
they're so strong that they're not worried
about disease, so their immune systems will
lead
the way.
