— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 9, 2020
All of us- politicians, media, academicians, and the public- need to come to grips with the nature of the evil which will be expunged from public office on January 20. We now learn
Before Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine was proved highly successful in clinical trials last month, the company offered the Trump administration the chance to lock in supplies beyond the 100 million doses the pharmaceutical maker agreed to sell the government as part of a $1.95 billion deal months ago.
But the administration, according to people familiar with the talks, never made the deal, a choice that now raises questions about whether the United States allowed other countries to take its place in line.
It should raise an additional question, one which should have been raised in several quarters months ago. That's especially the case after now that we have learned that President Trump
has said it is “terrific” that nearly 15 per cent of Americans have contracted the coronavirus since the outbreak began in the US, citing the “powerful vaccine" of herd immunity.
During an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on Tuesday, Mr Trump was asked how Americans in areas with surging cases should protect themselves over Christmas ahead of the likely distribution of a vaccine.
In response, Mr Trump deferred to the Centres for Disease Control guidelines before citing growing immunity in the population as a result of the virus’ virulent spread throughout the country.
“Plus, you do have an immunity. You develop immunity over a period of time, and I hear we’re close to 15 per cent. I’m hearing that, and that is terrific,” Mr Trump said.
It's terrific to have people die, says the man who as recently as September remarked
You have good genes, you know that, right? You have good genes. A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it, don’t you believe? The racehorse theory? You think we’re so different. You have good genes in Minnesota.
Trump understands that
In the first four decades of the twentieth century, horse racing was one of America’s most popular spectator sports. Members of America’s elite took to breeding and racing horses as one of their preferred pastimes. Coinciding with an increase in immigration and the rediscovery of Mendelian genetics, the idea that careful breeding of thoroughbreds would result in improved horses resonated with Americans worried about racial degeneration....
Thoroughbred breeders followed trends in genetics while contributing to the production of scientific knowledge. Pedigree charts available to bettors at race tracks helped normalize concepts of biological inheritance for race track attendees of all classes. Horse racing’s popularity in the United States contributed to the diffusion of the concept of biological race that originated as an ideological project of the ruling class.
The Pfizer flub may have been a mere error in judgement. But when a guy tells you that he believes in eugenics, knew Covid-19 would rage throughout the country but publicly insisted otherwise, people dying by the thousands "is what it is," and characterizes herd immunity as a vaccine, it has been less a dog whistle than a bullhorn.
"Heard immunity" https://t.co/tmW3Y13Gj2
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) December 8, 2020
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