Trump announces BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine rollout | DW News

The US drug regulator FDA has approved the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the US readies itself to introduce mass immunization. The vaccine was shown to be 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 in a late-stage trial. Healthcare workers and elderly people in long-term care are expected to be the first recipients. The vaccine gives cause for hope amid the struggles with soaring infection rates and COVID fatalities. President Donald Trump announced the decision in a video released late on Friday. He neglected however to mention BioNTech, the German company that played a key role in developing the vaccine.

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[DeividasBrasas]

6 months ago: "we need vaccines fast"
now: "I will not take it is rushed"

[thebrndt]

Woman: Over my dead body
COVID: Your wish is my command

[jaikee]

I literally spilled my coffee when I saw Trump on TV taking credit for a vaccine
that was developed in Germany.

[superappleever]

The ignorance is just unbelievable, and I live in Texas.

[anon]

From an Asian country—where we all still wear masks and socially distance even as we are opening up after suppressing the virus, where we don’t confuse universal freedoms with the individual right not to be inconvenienced, where we don’t confuse populist nationalism with patriotism—we salute the citizens of the US (& UK) for doing little to nothing, and thus for ‘volunteering’ en masse to participate in the next stage of clinical trials, which was always the Trump White House’s do-nothing plan. We await the results. Selfless sacrifice for the global good, who says globalism is dead 🙏🏻

[TradieTrev]

Kick Trump out America, you voted him out!

[nati]

Oh my God. Again the elderly are the target.

[btdoe]

Killing their own people. Unbelievable.

[topherkopchak]

False. Page 3 of their relase says "unapproved"

[reginaldking]

Thanks for the vaccine approval President Trump 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[simonscowled]

One day like a miracle it'll just go away

[condors]

This guy just forcing FDA with no other choice

[lijie]

Good news, my American colleague would be delightful, he’s been waiting.

[pimdejager]

Watch Out if you have Food/Medicine allergies, in NL they recommend not to take it if you do have allergies, one of my friends lives in London UK, he sent me a screenshot of Pfizer-side effect: Bell's Palsy, a weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face, the condition causes one side of the face to droop or become stiff !

[brianwallace]

Now that it’s Trump supported I need to rethink this

[thevillageofnod]

Yea... just give us a shot of B vitamins, we'll be fine

[desirre]

Trump keeps stealing someone else's thunder

[CirTap]

Watch original UK show Utopia. Nice prophetic backstory of what's unfolding now. 🤯🤓😀

[sampopovic]

how much money are you making mr.trump on the vaccines

[ActionJackson]

The lost are many. Hope is no longer in reach.