Biden and Dr. Fauci at Odds
Over Importance of Seeking Trump’s
Vaccine Endorsement.
On Monday, a reporter at
a White House event asked
President Joe Biden if he
would seek former President
Donald Trump’s endorsement
of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Should President Trump help promote
the vaccine amongst skeptics, sir?
Especially those Republicans who
say that they’re not willing, Unnamed Reporter, via ABC News.
Biden dismissed the
importance of Trump’s
endorsement, saying
“local” voices would
impact people more.
I discussed it with my team, and they say
the thing that has more impact than anything
Trump would say to the MAGA folks, is what
the local doctors, what the local preachers,
what the local people in the community say, Joe Biden, via ABC News.
His opinion seemingly differs
from Dr. Anthony Fauci's, who
believes Trump’s endorsement
would be a “game changer.”.
I wish he would [encourage people to
get vaccinated]. He has such an incredible
influence over people in the Republican Party
… It would really be a game changer if he did, Dr. Anthony Fauci, via ABC News.
According to a poll by
NPR, PBS NewsHour and
Marist, 49 percent of white
men say they will not get
the COVID-19 vaccine. .
Only 47 percent of people who supported Trump in
2020 reported that they would get the vaccine. .
Experts estimate 70 to 90 percent of
Americans need to be immunized in order
to achieve herd immunity in the U.S