I donโt know if you had former President Trump getting booed by a conservative crowd on your 2021 Bingo cardโbut it happened. It sure didโ at the final stop of โThe History Tourโ with former Fox host Bill OโReilly in Dallas. As soon as the topic of vaccination came up, that was the breaking point.
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The three available vaccines remain effective in fighting strains of COVID-19. And why wouldnโt he have gotten the vaccine? Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October 2020 and confirmed he got the Pfizer vaccine in October. Yet, the total number of vaccinations in the U.S. is only around 61%. So, a message from former President Trump would only help that along, right?
According to Newsweek, the revelation that the former president and former Fox host Bill Oโ Reilly both received a booster shot received a less than favorable response:
โDid you get the booster?โ he asked the former president. โYes,โ Trump responded. โI got it, too,โ OโReilly said, eliciting more hectoring.
โDonโt! Donโt! Donโt! Donโt! Donโt!โ Trump told the crowd, waving off their reaction with his hand.
This shouldnโt come as a shock considering most of those who have sowed division regarding vaccinations are themselves vaccinated. The former president has lightly recommended that citizens get the COVID vaccine in the past and preserve freedoms not to take it. Which makes his further comments puzzling:
โLook, we did something that was historic. We saved tens of millions of lives worldwide. We together, all of us โ not me, we โ we got a vaccine done, three vaccines done, and tremendous therapeuticsโ Trump said. โThis was going to ravage the country far beyond what it is right now. Take credit for it. Take credit for itโฆ. Donโt let them take it away. Donโt take it away from ourselves.โ
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in September, former President Trump stated this about boosters:
โI feel like Iโm in good shape from that standpoint โ I probably wonโt get one, he told The Wall Street Journal in a September interview. Later he added, โIโm not against it, but itโs probably not for me.โ
On the cusp of another surge of infections due to the Omicron variant, vaccinations, boosters, and masking are the best ways to combat sickness. Especially vaccinations, but donโt take it from me, hereโs what the former president said.
โYouโre playing right into their handsโ when you doubt the vaccine, Trump added.
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