Joe Biden's Speech: Still Lying About COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution. Here Are the Facts

Matt Margolis-Opinion : Mar 12, 2021
PJMedia.com

Biden's speech Thursday evening was simply his latest and most daring attempt to take credit for COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution. It is insulting to the thousands of people who worked tirelessly under Operation Warp Speed to deliver a vaccine in historic record-breaking time, and a shameful attempt of rewriting history in the hopes that the Trump administration gets none of the credit.

[PJMedia.com] Joe Biden, who claimed repeatedly during the 2020 election campaign that he would be a uniter, desperately wants you to give him credit for the unprecedented pace of COVID-19 vaccine development. (Image: Flickr-White House)

In fact, the plan for Biden to take credit for it started before he even took office.

Less than a week before the inauguration it was announced that the incoming Biden administration would rename Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration initiative that resulted in two COVID vaccines authorized by the FDA before Trump left office, and a third vaccine a couple of months later. Trump's initiative delivered an FDA-authorized vaccine five times faster than the fastest prior vaccine development in history.

In conjunction with the rebranding of the initiative, a concerted effort by incoming Biden administration officials began to trash the vaccine distribution plan left by the Trump administration. Some, including Kamala Harris, have claimed that there hadn't been a plan at all—a claim debunked by former Operation Warp Speed officials.

On Thursday night during his first primetime address since taking office, Biden once again tried to take credit for the COVID-19 vaccine's development and distribution.

"Two months ago this country didn't have nearly enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all or anywhere near all of the American public, but soon we will."

This is completely false.

In July 2020, the Trump administration ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine under development by Pfizer, Inc. upon its being authorized. The agreement with Pfizer would allow the government to purchase an additional 500 million doses. In August, the Trump administration ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine under development by Moderna, Inc. upon its authorization... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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