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luzribeiroBack in September, Trump said he "probably won't" get a third vaccine booster shot. Now, while he has oftentimes spoken against or at least implied the vaccines are useless, a scam, or just not worth it, in fact we could argue he wasn't actually anti-vaxxer per se, at least not in his actions.
Sure, he resisted the societal shutdowns that doctors said were needed to contain the spread. He bickered with desperate governors instead of providing them with coherent leadership, sometimes even threatening to withhold federal help from states that had displeased him. He refused to set an example by masking in public, and conducted large, maskless rallies that became superspreader events. He promoted quack cures that included disinfectant and the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. If Trump's goal had been to make the pandemic as devastating as possible, it’s difficult to imagine what he would have done differently.
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Sure, he resisted the societal shutdowns that doctors said were needed to contain the spread. He bickered with desperate governors instead of providing them with coherent leadership, sometimes even threatening to withhold federal help from states that had displeased him. He refused to set an example by masking in public, and conducted large, maskless rallies that became superspreader events. He promoted quack cures that included disinfectant and the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. If Trump's goal had been to make the pandemic as devastating as possible, it’s difficult to imagine what he would have done differently.
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