It is amazing, utterly amazing that, no matter what Trump accomplishes, he hasn't done it, at least not in the eyes of regressive progressives, pseudo-intellectuals and some supposedly fair media analysts forever putting monster masks on friendly facts. And yet, for all of his front-page flubs, he has moved decisively and with impact on the virus from early on and has perhaps done nothing more important than instituting the Warp Speed adventure in answer to a sad issue.
That issue would be that finding a vaccine to stop a killer germ can often take four, five, 10 or 15 years if one is ever found at all. Phooey, said Trump, as he and his team worked with governmental agencies, scientists, universities and eager-beaver foreign and national pharmaceutical companies to get a reputable vaccine and get it in a hurry. It was almost as if Trump transmitted his own relentless energy into the project as unneeded regulatory hindrances were removed from the scene and new, more efficient methods of checking safety and effectiveness were developed.
The pharmaceutical companies, outstanding from the beginning, still had all kinds of needs not easily acquired, and the project
said here they are. The government also entered public-private partnerships in which it has spent billions funding research
and production at private companies.
That's what really counts, as one expert has interestingly expressed it: the vaccination, not the vaccine. And this kind of
delivery guarantee can keep a company plugging away even if things get tough. The New York Times reports that international
health organizations caught on to the value of this technique long ago, and it is surely a good idea to copy good ideas. Pretty
soon,
Naturally enough, Trump's Twitter-encouraged enemies in politics, on the internet, in publications, behind bushes and starring
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Jay Ambrose, formerly Washington director of editorial policy for Scripps Howard newspapers and the editor of dailies in El Paso, Texas, and Denver, is a columnist living in Colorado.