German company CureVac has received a rather strange offer from the current White House.
On March 3, CureVac's CEO was invited to the White House, for a meeting with President Trump, Vice Pence and several members of the Coronavirus Task Force. Asked for when a vaccine could be ready, he estimated that a potential candidate could be ready within a few months. Apparently, that triggered the members of the meeting so much, that they've now offered to buy the company, at whatever price.
One condition though: production would be exclusively for the United States.
The move is not exactly one to gain popularity, and follows on the heels of the President's worrying statement that "a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from Europe".
(Score: 5, Informative) by SpockLogic on Monday March 16 2020, @02:28AM (1 child)
Trump would benefit. He would claim he, and only he, was bigly responsible for single handly saving the entire population of the US. He would claim it gave him an unassailable mandate to be reelected. He needs reelection to the presidency to avoid prosecution, conviction and jailing for the crimes he has committed.
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 17 2020, @09:34AM
Who needs elections when we can have a trumpator for life?