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Last year, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris repeatedly undermined confidence in and questioned the safety of COVID-19 vaccines that were being developed under Operation Warp Speed.
On July 28, Biden questioned whether a vaccine would be “real” and whether there would be a “consensus” that “this is a safe vaccine.”
The day before, Biden demanded that new “principles of integrity” needed to be adopted in order for Americans to have confidence in the vaccine, suggesting the FDA was not operating independently.
On August 6, Biden claimed “if and when the vaccine comes, it’s not likely to go through all the tests … and trials that are needed to be done.”
The week before, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before Congress it was “absolutely not the case” that there was “compromising of safety and scientific integrity” in vaccine development.
On September 2, Biden again tried to undermine confidence in the vaccine, saying “who’s going to take the shot? Are you going to be the first one to say sign me up? They now say it’s OK.”
On September 5, Kamala Harris cast doubt on the safety of the vaccines being developed, refusing to say she would take a vaccine that was approved before election day.
Question: “Let’s just say there’s a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. Would you get it?” Harris: “I think that’s going to be an issue for all of us.”
The same day, Biden campaign spokeswoman Symone Sanders refused to answer whether Biden would take a coronavirus vaccine when it was available.
Sanders refused to say Biden would support a vaccine before election day, even if it received FDA approval.
On September 7, Biden again cast doubt on the vaccine, saying he would take it “only if” experts outside the government examined it.
On September 16, Biden said the American people “should not have confidence” in the vaccine unless it met his campaign’s criteria for efficacy.
Biden questioned the widespread availability of the vaccine, saying “even if we get a vaccine, it will not be available for most of population until well into 2021.”
In late September, Biden campaign advisor Vivek Murthy questioned whether a vaccine would be “safe for distribution,” even if it was approved by the FDA.
