Agreed. There are ample reasons for vaccine hesitancy. As you said, a formal apology from Biden and Harris for sowing skepticism and politicizing these life-saving treatments might go a very long way toward bridging the gap between the two main camps, and more importantly those caught in the middle.
It's alright to be wrong when acting in good faith if amends are made... but to see such an about-face in such a short amount of time raises some serious concerns for those of us who pay attention.
Is it any wonder why someone like Hocker finds himself between a rock and a hard place both in terms of his own conscience and decision making without rabid anonymous critics taking cheap shots?
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"So, let's just say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. Would you get it?" - Interviewer
"Well, I think that's gonna be an issue for all of us..." - Kamala Harris
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"If and when the vaccine comes, and it's not likely to go through all the tests it needs-- and all the trials that need to be done..." - Joe Biden
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"When we finally do, God willing, get a vaccine who's gonna take the shot? Who's gonna take the shot? You gonna be the first one to say, 'Put me-- sign me up! They now say it's OK!'" - Joe Biden
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"And the question of whether it's real when it's there, that requires enormous transparency. You've got to make all of it available to other experts across the nation. So they can look and see. So there's consensus this is a safe vaccine." - Joe Biden
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"If [President Trump] announced tomorrow, 'We have a vaccine, would you take it?' Only if it was completely transparent and other experts in the country could look at it. Only if we knew all of what went into it." - Joe Biden
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"If Donald Trump can't give answers and the Administration can't give answers to these three questions then the American people should not have confidence." - Joe Biden
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"... but if Donald Trump tell us I sho-- we should take [the vaccine], I'm not taking it. - Kamala Harris
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