Former president Donald Trump Speaking at a rally of his supporters on Saturday night, Americans refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because they “distrust” the president Joe Biden.
Trump, speaking at a rally in Phoenix, touted the success of his administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” vaccine, and claimed that many Americans now trust Biden not enough to get the vaccine.
“How about the vaccine? I came up with a vaccine. They said it would take 3 to 5 years. To save the world,” Trump said, adding that his administration has done “such orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.” Incredible work”.
Trump subsequently stepped up his criticism of Biden and said that the current government recommends suspending the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine For safety reasons in April “So severely” delayed the launch and added, “because they didn’t trust the president, people didn’t do it.”
“It’s very simple,” he said.
The former president’s comments were made a week after he launched a less direct attack. Written in the statement Biden is “far behind the plan. People refuse to be vaccinated because they don’t believe in his government. They don’t believe in the election results. Of course they don’t believe in fake news. This is a refusal to tell the truth.”
Since leaving office, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the introduction of the vaccine in the United States is the result of his government’s efforts, although he has often been criticized for Lagging behind expectations Failed to reach the vaccination goal.
At a rally on Saturday, Trump told his supporters that he “recommended” them to get vaccinated, but he “believes 100% in your freedom.”
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Biden has been encouraging all Americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible because coronavirus cases across the country continue to rise. A recent survey found that Biden’s pandemic approval rate has dropped to its lowest level Since January, there have been reports that COVID-19 Delta variants are spreading rapidly.
Now, only six in ten (63%) Americans agree with the president’s handling of the pandemic. The new ABC Discover the news/Ipsos polls. This number is 9 percentage points lower than Biden’s highest result (72%) in the same survey in late March.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of Sunday, 162.7 million Americans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and 56% of the population had received at least one dose of the vaccine.CDC).
But according to Johns Hopkins University, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread, in the last week alone, the number of daily COVID cases in 49 states, as well as Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico increased by 5% or more.
On Tuesday, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the Delta variant Now responsible for 83% of coronavirus cases All over the U.S.
“The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants is to prevent the spread of the disease, and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. We must continue to expand vaccine coverage by building trust and confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine,” Watt Lensky told Senate hearing.
