Trump’s vaccine sales pitch ran ahead of the evidence again
On October 20, 2020, Trump was still pressing a rapid-recovery message on COVID even as the country remained deep in the pandemic and the vaccine timeline stayed beyond his control. The problem was not optimism by itself; it was the pattern of overselling progress for political gain while the public lived with the consequences. That made the day another example of the administration’s recurring credibility gap on the virus.
First recorded Oct 20, 2020·Meaningfully updated Oct 20, 2020
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Trump’s vaccine sales pitch ran ahead of the evidence again
On October 20, 2020, Trump was still pressing a rapid-recovery message on COVID even as the country remained deep in the pandemic and the vaccine timeline stayed beyond his control. The problem was not optimism by itself; it was the pattern of overselling progress for political gain while the public lived with the consequences. That made the day another example of the administration’s recurring credibility gap on the virus.
On October 20, 2020, Trump was still pressing a rapid-recovery message on COVID even as the country remained deep in the pandemic and the vaccine timeline stayed beyond his control. The problem was not optimism by itself; it was the pattern of overselling progress for political gain while the public lived with the consequences. That made the day another example of the administration’s recurring credibility gap on th…
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