The alternative would have been worse. Trump knows that.

Imagine: no vaccine. 15-days to slow the spread is now its 5th year. Testing on vaccine products is still progressing through the standard pipeline. 2 years to go before we see published results. Economy still shut down. Kids going to school via Zoom. Work-from-home is now institutionalized. Leaving home is now legally allowed only with permission from local authorities as martial law has been in place for years now to enforce mandatory quarantines for your own good. Every death being recorded is a COVID death. Cancer, heart disease, trauma, and countless other diseases have magically disappeared from the data. Doctors are crediting the vaccine with curing heart disease and cancer. Albert Bourla was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing the first mRNA vaccine.

Vaccine tracking is now standard and the apps come pre-installed on all new phones now. Entry to any business now requires you to use the app to show proof of up-to-date annual COVID vaccination. Masks are still mandatory. Every single move you make is tracked by an AI that has access to vaccine app user verification data.

Given the success of the mass rollout and implementation of the vaccine compliance app and it's tracking features, CBDC was rapidly rolled out in Europe and the US. China was 3 months behind with its own digital currency. The initial resistance to it has now all but gone away and those who refused to use it for transactions were locked out of the banking system. Many quietly starved. No one reported it. The disappearances were lumped in with COVID deaths. Media acknowledges it happens, it's rare, and it's far-right extremists and terrorists who are affected. A new terrorist group eerily similar to Patriot Front and the 3%ers has emerged who have been linked to various bombings and other acts of terror. Non-compliance with the new gov't control structure is immediately linked to these people and these acts and crackdowns are immediate, harsh, and widely supported.

If you think this is fiction. Thank Trump. This was what was actually in the plans actively in development when Trump cut them off by rushing that vaccine to market. They were very, very close from getting their communist revolution.