The former president not only pretended to continue in politics, he also made a surprising revelation about the coronavirus drug.
Donald Trump has again sparked controversy with his statements. This time, the former president of the United States spoke not only about politics, but also about the pandemic, especially the vaccine against COVID-19.
The Republican recently attended a political event in Mar-a Lago; where, according to CNN journalist Kevin Liptak, he insulted Senator Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), who he described as a “stupid bastard * & *% a.”
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As if that wasn’t enough, he dared to brag about the health strategy to counter the effects of COVID-19 in the United States.
“Trump told everyone to call them ‘trumpcine’ (instead of vaccine), ” Liptak posted on Twitter, citing the suggestion about immunization against the coronavirus.
This isn’t the first time Trump has claimed the vaccination credits. In March he assured that thanks to him the vaccine had been developed in record time.
“ I hope you all remember when you get the COVID-19 vaccine that if I hadn’t been president, you would either get that wonderful shot in five years, or you probably wouldn’t get it at all. I hope everyone remembers! Trump said at the time.
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Vaccination data, another controversy
The debate over drafting a document to identify people vaccinated against Covid-19 has intensified in the United States, where corporations and state governments are studying formulas to do so, while Republicans are trying to use this issue to help Joe’s government. To attack Biden.
In recent hours, the president of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus of Congress, legislator Andy Biggs, has introduced a bill that would prohibit federal agencies from issuing any type of documentation showing whether or not a person has been vaccinated.
Speaking to EFE on Friday, Biggs believed these accreditations will only serve to impose the “Big Brother” surveillance system in American society.
The bill, backed by 18 other ultra-conservative lawmakers close to former President Donald Trump, has no chance of being passed by the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, but it shows just how far Republicans are willing to go.
Faced with this, the Joe Biden administration has made it clear that it has no intention of getting involved or supporting any effort to create a credential that is mandatory at the federal level, although it has left the door open to the private sector for its own systems.
An idea promoted by the private sector
The private sector’s idea is to create a universal reference that airlines, restaurants, or stadiums can use to grant entry to Americans who have already been vaccinated, in an effort to increase the sense of calm and return to pre- pandemic economic activity. .
Those credentials are similar to airplane boarding passes, which can be viewed with an app on the phone or printed in a PDF document.
They are colloquially referred to as ‘immunization passports’, but they would only be used in the US, not abroad.
Behind that proposal is a coalition called “Initiative for Vaccination Credentials”, made up of 225 public and private organizations, including Cínica Mayo and the technology giants IBM and Microsoft.
For example, IBM has already helped New York State create its own digital ID, called “Excelsior Pass,” which some New Yorkers started using last week to enter Madison Square Garden.
Other members of that coalition are The Commons Project, a technology nonprofit that has developed the ‘CommonPass’ application that travelers on some JetBlue, United and Lufthansa routes are already using to show that they are negative in a covid -19 test.
Aerolineas por América, the industry association in the US, does not want the government to force passengers to be vaccinated to board the aircraft, but prefers to create a reference that would reflect the sense of security of travelers.
How to choose from 17 options
However, one of the biggest challenges is choosing the best system out of the 17 currently being developed by companies or non-governmental organizations.
One of these is the technology EagleForce, which last year launched an application called “myVAx” that allows users to document all of their vaccines, including the anticovid, and which is already available in the US, as well as in other countries around the world. Americas and African continents, executive director, Stanley Campbell, explained to Efe.
Campbell, originally from Florida, was in talks with the Florida government to implement it; But last week, Florida Governor Republican Ron DeSantis signed an executive order prohibiting companies from soliciting such credentials from their customers.
Another star GOP governor, Greg Abbott of Texas, passed a similar measure this week and is being evaluated by Mississippi governor Tate Reeves.
At the international level, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not recommended the use of these references, as it is not yet known to what extent vaccines reduce the transmission of the disease.