Why haven't Trump supporters been getting vaccinated since he and Melanie did in January?
After contradictory comments about masks or social distancing rules while still President of the United States, Donald Trump urged vaccination of all Americans.
Interviewed by phone on conservative Fox News on March 16, the former Republican president said the coronavirus vaccine was "safe." "I recommend him to anyone who doesn't want to do it," he said, adding that many people who didn't want to be vaccinated voted for him.
“It works incredibly well, 95% and maybe even more… It really saves our country and the world,” he continued.
“It's a great vaccine. It is safe and it works, ”he said. Despite a strong vaccination campaign, the United States remains severely affected by the epidemic, with nearly 530,000 deaths.
Donald Trump hails his "big bet" on vaccine production
The loser of the 2020 presidential election also recalled that his administration had taken "a big bet" to promote the production of this vaccine "before even knowing if it worked". Donald Trump had indeed been able to finance and set up a program for the development and manufacture of vaccines, in exchange for the priority on their purchase and distribution.
"We saved months and millions of lives by doing this," he said, criticizing the fact that Joe Biden is being portrayed as the main actor in the success of the vaccination campaign.
To date, more than 60 million Americans have already received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine, or 18.1% of the population. The United States will even have enough vaccines against Covid-19 for all adults in the country "by the end of May," Democratic President Joe Biden assured Tuesday (March 2).
After being affected by the coronavirus, Donald Trump received a vaccination in January, at the White House. But he hadn't done so publicly, unlike his successor Joe Biden.
