• Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Even though I kind of have to assume that its success probably happened largely in spite of Trump rather than because of him, Operation Warp Speed and rolling out a safe and effective vaccine in the amount of time they did was genuinely impressive. It might be the only good thing his administration ever did. The irony that he can’t claim any credit for it because it would piss off his own supporters will forever be absolutely hilarious to me.

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      5 days ago

      What exactly did Operation Warp Speed do?

      Both RNA vaccines were developed in Germany and rolled out by several countries, organized by the UN. The most used retrovirus vaccine was developed at the UK and rolled out by the UN.

      In meanwhile, Trump got the US out of the WHO.

      EDIT: Oh, from the wiki, it was the US program that rolled out the vaccines in the US, because they were not participating on the UN program… That contributed about as much as most developed countries out there.

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      You beat me to say this. His administration was praised for Operation Warp Speed, but they have put themselves in a position that makes impossible to take credit for it.