What was the shortest period of time that a vaccine or even a drug came to market prior to the Covid vaccine? And I'm not talking about in foreign nations, but here in the United States?
Look, I don't think Trump did anything that others couldn't have, all he did was help to clear roadblocks. If you believe differently, so be it. But until someone can show me where it has been done in a shorter period of time, and I don't mean something in the 1700 - 1800's prior to the regulatory state, I will contend that Trump did what something that prior admins had failed to do.
I probably did not phrase that correctly. Without intervention of the regulatory process, the vaccine would still be a ways off. Trump took the lead to intervene in that process. I'm not saying any other president would not have, but the left had been accusing Trump of not taking Covid seriously all the while waiting on a vaccine that he and his administration were removing hurdles for.
There are 2 houses of Congress that could have also gotten involved from their end to pass legislation to speed up the process, but they were too busy attacking Trump for having 2 scoops of ice cream.
I understand we can't always look to "foreign nations", because the situation is different in every country. However, that's why I relied on the UK and Canada as examples, which are advanced OECD nations. And with that link of vaccine trials, you can see that most advanced nations were running trials and getting vaccines approved more quickly than ever in history.
Because the situation, and its response, were obvious.
And BTW the FDA is an executive branch agency. While Congress could possibly have done something, this is actually one of the few places where it was fully within the administration's purview to set priorities and do this.
Oh, and BTW I found this...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/25/fact-check-double-standard-covid-19-h-1-n-1-inaccurate/5780274002/H1N1 was first detected in California on April 15, 2009, and quickly spread globally, according to the CDC. The first infections of the novel virus were reported to the World Health Organization on April 18, three days after the first human infection.A vaccine for the swine flu became available about five months after the first confirmed U.S. case, according to USA TODAY.
according to USA TODAY. Access to the vaccine opened to the general public in late December 2009. The WHO announced
announced the end of the pandemic Aug. 11, 2010, 14 months after the first U.S. case. The national death toll reached 12,469.So we had a vaccine for the swine flu faster than we did for COVID. Which makes sense, of course, as we already knew how to make vaccines for influenza. But you can't claim that this is the fastest vaccine ever produced...
bull spit. it just wasn't politically advantageous to ride into the stupidity we find ourselves surrounded by now. it was better to ignore it, largely and from a political posture, and that is precisely what 'they' did. procedures were followed as identified by the national pandemic response plan and measures were taken that were effective. with COVID19, instead, FEAR was sewn purposely and it caught on like wildfire- for political leverage.
Worldwide, what changed politically between 2009 and 2020 to cause a different response?
Because it's easy to claim that this was spun politicallly to damage Trump. But in 2009, NO countries locked down for swine flu, while in 2020 nearly EVERY country locked down for COVID.
We are not alone in this. We were not the first to lock down. Obviously China locked down Wuhan, but again I don't like using autocratic nations as examples. But Italy, well before the US, locked down. Then the rest of the world followed suit.
I would argue that H1N1, which was a pretty benign virus, merits a different response than COVID-19 because of its mortality rate. You are saying it's due to political advantage. Well if that's true, I would argue that you have to postulate what has changed in the past 11 years
worldwide to create a political advantage to lockdowns.
