Honour President Trump by getting vaccinated

Keep telling Trump supporters that their hero wants them to get the shot.

Bad news: states that voted for Trump are lagging behind states won by Joe Biden in getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Good news: another newly developed vaccine against COVID-19, from Novovax, is performing extremely well in clinical trials.

Confusing news: Donald Trump, whose bumbling, incompetence, misinformation and pure spite are largely responsible for America’s devastating death toll from COVID-19, deserves some of the credit for the vaccines his dedicated supporters refuse to take.

Not only is Novavax a small company, it hadn’t successfully brought a vaccine to market in more than 30 years of trying when it won its contract with the feds under OWS. Its setbacks from having some of its other vaccine candidates go bust during trials led it to lay off a third of its staff at one point and nearly saw Nasdaq delist its stock. It even sold its manufacturing facilities to a competitor when it needed cash. That’s not an obvious racehorse for the federal government to bet big on. In fac…