People who took vaccines were the ones who were extremely scared. Anyone who listened to Trump from the beginning would not have been extremely scared because he outlined so many treatment options and he himself recovered with regeneron.
The simple fact is, no one who didn't want to take vaccines changed their minds because Trump said something. They simply used Trump's words (esp as depicted by the media) as a confirmation bias when they already had decided to take it.
My point is, if they were truly scared it means they were not listening to Trump from the beginning, so the claim that he is the reason they took the vaccine falls apart.
He was trusted by his supporters. Fauci is not. If he'd said "fauci is a doctor of death and nobody should touch this poison they pretend are vaccines" no Trump supporters would have come within 100 yards of a walgreens
I'm not going to say that those people deserve what they chose themselves - but I will say that just getting a Shot because Trump (or anyone) endorses it - is part of why our world is the way it is.
It's great being able to trust people - but that old value and morality bedrock that allowed so many older folks to Trust other people has Eroded -and Eroded Badly.
A lot of those "classic" times Americans are still operating as if that old system still exists.
It doesn't.
And unfortunately all of this will hopefully wake them up to that fact.
How many people (regardless of political sports team) still turn on the nightly news and assume since man on the screen said to do the thing, they should do the thing?
Lots.
But less then a couple of years ago.
If you think highly of someone - trust, but verify.
People who took vaccines were the ones who were extremely scared. Anyone who listened to Trump from the beginning would not have been extremely scared because he outlined so many treatment options and he himself recovered with regeneron.
The simple fact is, no one who didn't want to take vaccines changed their minds because Trump said something. They simply used Trump's words (esp as depicted by the media) as a confirmation bias when they already had decided to take it.
My point is, if they were truly scared it means they were not listening to Trump from the beginning, so the claim that he is the reason they took the vaccine falls apart.
But Diamond and Silk clung to Trump’s every word.
He was trusted by his supporters. Fauci is not. If he'd said "fauci is a doctor of death and nobody should touch this poison they pretend are vaccines" no Trump supporters would have come within 100 yards of a walgreens
I'm not going to say that those people deserve what they chose themselves - but I will say that just getting a Shot because Trump (or anyone) endorses it - is part of why our world is the way it is.
It's great being able to trust people - but that old value and morality bedrock that allowed so many older folks to Trust other people has Eroded -and Eroded Badly.
A lot of those "classic" times Americans are still operating as if that old system still exists.
It doesn't.
And unfortunately all of this will hopefully wake them up to that fact.
How many people (regardless of political sports team) still turn on the nightly news and assume since man on the screen said to do the thing, they should do the thing?
Lots.
But less then a couple of years ago.
If you think highly of someone - trust, but verify.