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> Since TFG convinced a lot of Americans...

TFG?

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Apparently it’s “the former guy,” used to refer to Trump

Is it some kind of Voldemort "he who shall not be named" nonsense?

Apparently it also stands for "Too Far Gone" (as it too nutty to convince of the truth), which sort of made sense in the sentence, but not as much as Trump.

Wait, didn't tfg fast track it and said it would be here by end of 2020 while NYT and others were certain it wouldn't be here until Nov 2023? [0]

Harris said she wouldn't trust the vaccine? [1]

Things seem to be moving very fast. Anyone else have trouble keeping up who's on what side of every issue? Not too long ago people were arguing about the politics of a bean producer. Weird time to be alive

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coron...

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/kamala-harris-not-tr...

There was a legitimate concern in the fall of 2020 that the FDA would rush the vaccines out prematurely for political reasons. That did not happen, thanks largely to the integrity of FDA Commissioner Hahn, who insisted we follow the science. A major reason this concern was legitimate is that the CDC was compromised in similar ways, with testing slow-walked, communications altered, among other things [1].

Regarding the vaccine timeline, Trump deserves major credit for Operation Warp Speed. To a large extent, we got lucky - the mRNA vaccines are really good, while others (CureVac) did not fare so well.

[1]: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/covid-19-was-always-goi...

> Wait, didn't tfg fast track it and said it would be here by end of 2020.

Yes, but he also downplayed the pandemic leading a large number of his followers to believe that COVID is no more threatening than a mild flu.

If you believe that COVID is no worse than a mild flu then there is no more reason to get COVID vaccine than there is to get a flu vaccination. Only about half of Americans get an annual flu vaccination.

It's code language to work around censorship, like antivaxxers calling themselves non-dancers and worrying that the dancer's glitter can rub in and make them sick.

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