Biden Urges Vaccine Plan Transition
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We ran the numbers: There are 1692 news articles covering this topic. 30% (501) are left leaning, 48% (811) are center, and 22% (380) are right leaning.
Biden said that more coronavirus deaths will be the consequence of the Trump administration refusing to share its vaccine distribution plans with its own administration. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden’s scientific-advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump praised the vaccine from Moderna as a discovery that took place during his administration.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Biden’s scientific-advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days, even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop of government plans. Trump's refusal to accept that he lost the election means the Biden team lacks a clear picture of the groundwork in the government for a mass vaccination campaign.
A centrist article by USA Today highlights that Biden urged cooperation between the Trump administration and the Biden administration to start the coronavirus vaccine plan transition before January 20th. Biden said he has recently been in more contact with more Republicans about the transition.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Trump praised the coronavirus vaccine from biotech company Moderna as one of two recent “great discoveries,” and in a Monday tweet, asked “great historians” to “please remember that these great discoveries, which will end the China Plague, all took place on my watch!” In the spring, Trump launched Operation Warp Sped as a partnership between the federal government and private drug makers to produce effective vaccines.
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Trump touts coronavirus vaccine announcements 'on my watch': 'Great discoveries'
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