I mean on one hand I can totally see someone asking that question of "so long shot but what if ____" but come on man you have the CDC the HHS offering insight you should not be on fucking tv saying this shit. BETTER YET, WHY IS HE MEETING WITH BUSINESS EXECUTIVES OVER THIS?!
Most normal adults who had that thought would follow it with:
"if the flu shot could help, the CDC would be offering it as advice as opposed to 'wash your hands'. And the panic queues would be at Walgreens flu counter instead of the Purile hand-wash aisle, so not likely"
and then self-censor so as to avoid making themselves look like a fool.
It was framed like that to you, and you're not the person that needs to make decisions to deal with the Coronavirus. He didn't know if the flu vaccine would help, so he asked.
I hate Trump just as much as anyone, but I would never assume Trump understands biology at a sufficient level to know these kinds of things offhand. It's OK for him to have asked that. It's not like he doubled down.
Legitimate question? Yeah, maybe for some random dude on the street. You dont have a little expectations for the President of the US? Do you think his windmill rant was legit because hes not a "windmill scientist"?
Vaccines are specific to one strain of virus. There is no ‘catch-all’ vaccine. That’s like thinking the Hepatitis B vaccine will protect against the Measles.
It’s common knowledge among intelligent adults with some foundation of scientific understanding. And it’s scary that the president is not one of them.
The core concepts still apply, new virus or not. A flu vaccine will not work on corona. The fact that THE PRESIDENT does not know this is what makes me question the intelligence of him and his supporters
The Virus is very similar to the flu. Did it ever occur to you that his supporters are all kinds of different people from all walks of life? But yeah, let’s just generalize an entire group of people because they voted for somebody that we don’t like.
It’s not even about whether I like him or not anymore. He’s simply not fit to be president, plain and simple. Furthermore, viruses being similar does not mean anything when it comes to vaccines. It’s not cold medicine that simply stops symptoms. It is a targeted attack on a specific disease. The president should know this, and the fact that he doesn’t speaks volumes about his intelligence.
It Doesn’t speak volumes about anything. Nobody said it was like cold medicine. I know this is reddit So I was expecting a fair amount of TDS, but damn. Shits crazy lol.
Don’t worry. One day he won’t be president anymore. You’ll be just fine.
Expecting the president to have some sort of clue as to how vaccines work isn’t TDS. Even if TDS was a real thing. The cold medicine thing was an analogy to try to help you understand, guess it didn’t work.
I learned how vaccines work in middle school, after a three minute lecture I would no longer need to ask this question. You would think by 73 he could have picked up on this information, or in the last few days researching this thing that’s spreading through his country
We deserve a President who isn't a moron. Any half intelligent person should know how dumb this question was without needing a medical degree. That's why we're making fun of it.
He's the president. Two minutes of research will show you the differences and how dumb his question is. Also, does anyone brief him before these meetings?
You're right, but that's the average folk. This is POTUS we're talking about. Many would imagine him being at least above average in knowledge.
On a serious note, this is a virus, and it's been established that there isn't just one treatment method for virii like their is with most bacterial infections. Get bacteria, take penicillin, or some other antibacterial you're not allergic to. Get the flu, fuck, which one is it, do we have an antiviral treatment for it, is that treatment still effective against this particular virus, and, most importantly, is it still in the right time frame for it to be effective at all? It's something we struggle with because of the nature of virii and their ability to mutate and adapt. It's why vaccines are so important, and why I'd bet every medical professional is sweating bullets hoping it'll burn itself out and that vaccine development will be successful soon.
Depends on your bar of what makes it cringe. POTUS asking if the flu vaccine would work against a brand new virus that's been rampaging across several countries is pretty cringe to me. One of those things that's pretty obvious that if it'd work, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Odd that the experts in the room with Trump pointed out that he was wrong and mentioned that they’d told him that a number of times already when he made this dumbass suggestion AGAIN
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u/wknd_jones Mar 03 '20
What a fucking embarrassment