The pro-vaccine "I've had
absolutely no negative impacts," Trump said.
Given the COVID-19 vaccines' politicization, it's crucial to note
that they were produced during President Donald Trump's administration, and he
is pro-vaccine, if not pro-vaccine mandates. At a panel with Bill O'Reilly last
month, Trump said that he had had his booster shot (who was also boosted). Now,
in an interview with One America News that aired Tuesday night, Trump spoke
positively about getting vaccinated and boosted—and described how he felt after
receiving his. (Not to mention how he thinks about other politicians who fail
to declare whether or not they have been vaccinated.) Read on to find out what
Trump said.
1. Trump Said the Vaccines Has Saved Lives and He Had
"Absolutely No Side Effects."
Dan Ball, the host, asked Trump if he had changed his mind about
the vaccine. "Well, I've accepted it," Trump responded. "It's
been a while since I've had the booster." Many politicians–I saw a couple
of politicians being interviewed, and one of the questions was, 'Did you get
the booster?' – since they got the vaccine – and they were answering like–in
other words, they know the answer is 'yes,' but they don't want to say it.
Because they don't have any guts. Whether you had it or not, you had to say it.
"Just say it." (Trump ally Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has refused to
say whether he has received the booster shot.) In December, he added,
"I've done whatever I did." "The normal shot.")
"The fact is, I believe vaccines saved tens of millions of
people around the world," Trump continued. I've had no adverse side effects."
2. Trump Said the Vaccines Can End "the Horror."
Vaccines, he claimed, have saved lives. "If they get it, for
the most part, they're not going to hospitals and dying," Trump added.
"It used to be a horror, but now it's not." Trump said he recommends
vaccines in a separate interview with NPR, "but I think it has to be an
individual choice," he said. "And if some individuals don't want to
take them, they shouldn't have to." As the expression goes, they can't be
mandated. And I believe this is critical. I am delighted with my decision to
take them. I've experienced no consequences at all."
3. With Cases at an All-Time High, "We Must" Get
Vaccinated and Boosted, Urges CDC Chief
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC's Chief, released the latest
numbers today. "The current seven-day daily average of cases is roughly
751,000 instances each day," Walensky added, showing a 47 percent increase
over the previous week. "The seven-day average of hospital admissions is
at 19,000 to 800 each day, up around 33% from the week before." And the
seven-day average of daily deaths is around 1,600 each day, up about 40% from
the previous week."
"We must all do our part to protect our hospitals and
neighbors and to avoid the diseases from spreading further," she
continued. We know what works against COVID-19, as I've said before. This
requires getting vaccinated and boosted, wearing a mask in public indoor
settings in places where transmission is high—which is currently over 99
percent of our counties—and testing before gathering with others."
4. Boosting is the Only Way to Get "Optimal Protection,"
Says Dr. Fauci
In an interview with CBSN on Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the
president's chief medical advisor and director of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stated, "We are advising everyone, and I
will express it very clearly today, that optimum protection comes with a
boost." "Get boosted if you aren't already. What is referred to as a
"completely vaccinated person" for legal or other purposes is, in
fact, irrelevant. Get boosted if you want to be completely safe. Right now, I'm
speaking it extremely clearly and loudly."
"We're working with a very fluid situation," Fauci said.
"We're dealing with the Omicron variation, which is a brand-new, highly
transmissible variant."
"Although vaccination may not prevent you from becoming sick
when you have a highly transmissible virus, it is quite likely that you will be
side effect or very mildly symptomatic." "The vaccine's main goal is
to keep you from being sick, from becoming clinically ill, and, hopefully, from
being hospitalized and dying," Fauci explained. "In fact, the
findings demonstrate that the vaccines are extremely effective."
5. How to Stay Safe Out There
Get vaccinated or boost your vaccinations as soon as possible; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 face mask, avoid large crowds, don't go indoors with people you aren't sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene.