House GOP leader says he trusts Trump over CDC director on vaccine timing

[left-of-center2012]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he trusts President Trump’s comments on a timeline for the release of a coronavirus vaccine over Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield.

“We're going to have a safe and effective vaccine this year, and listen to the preparation of what we've been able to do with Operation Warp Speed, to be able to deliver it. When that time comes, if I just take the words of the CDC and the president, the president's right,” McCarthy said during a press briefing on Thursday.

“I think one of those two individuals had more information than the other, and that was the president," he added. He told reporters that Redfield (Director of the CDC) likely “needs to be updated” on the latest information. McCarthy said ... he believes Trump’s timeline is more accurate.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/516896-house-gop-leader-says-he-trusts-trump-over-cdc-director-on-vaccine-timing

[jpak]

1. Stupid fuck

Yup

[rzemanfl]

5. +1 n/t.

[MotorCityBeard]

17. Cool! When there is a vaccine in October...

I want to see McCarthy on live tv being the first one to receive it.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Moron is going to follow trump over the edge of the cliff to his death, like all of the other ...

idiots. What a moron.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. governance through the sympathetic magic of christofascsim.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Got seat belts? Buckle em, it is gonna be like meteors hitting us every hour

[Solly Mack]

6. I choose fairy dust over science. Clap if you believe!

These same people would call Tarot cards the work of a devil.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Me too..I like fairy dust and believe in its magic....when I was 4 yrs old!!

[Solly Mack]

8. I have a fairy door at my house but it's a whimsy I indulged. I don't turn to it for science.

[3catwoman3]

9. Have another glass of Kool-Aid, Kevin.

He is such a dumbass.

[llashram]

10. not until a full protocol

of testing is done. Yeah, warp speed to kill more Americans. McCarthy is a trump chump nothing more can be expected.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. McCarthy is a complete dope.

Never forget that.

[0rganism]

13. aka "sieg heil"

the Nazis are falling in line behind their new reichsfuhrer who can do no wrong.

[pat_k]

14. Yeah. Sure. Like the "warp speed" of test distribution

Yeah, like the "warp speed" with which they got a working test out to the states. They never actually accomplished what was necessary. States were left on their own to work with universities and private companies to get their own tests into the pipeline.

By their own timeline for a covid vaccine:

Month 1: 2 million doses
Month 2: 10-20 million doses
Month 3: 20-30 million doses
Month 4-on: "Significantly more" (let's guess that means about 40 million)

So, assuming vaccine is available to begin distribution in January

1st quarter: 42 million
2nd quarter: Additional 120 million
3rd quarter: Additional 120 million

Sure sounds like a vaccine wouldn't be widely available until the second or third quarter of next year.

I've been unable to find any estimates from McKesson -- the contracted distributor. The only entity that would be able to make estimates/commitments on a timeline.

[spanone]

15. mccarthy is one dumb motherfucker

[Stuart G]

16. Stupid is Still Stupid....and Kevin McCarthy is very..."STUPID"