A Tired Biden Mumbles About Beating Big Pharma and 'Investing in 3 New Covid Vaccines'

Doug P. | 5:40 PM on December 14, 2023

In an attempt to prove to Americans that this administration is actually saving them money in response to terrible approval numbers on the economy (and just about everything else), President Biden spoke at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland today.

The president seemed tired and... well, tired:

Curiously, Biden was introduced today by a man named "Mai Intrahduser" pic.twitter.com/ve4gZErYN9
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 14, 2023

Biden said that his administration "beat Big Pharma," and then announced a government "investment" in three new Covid vaccines.

Biden: We're investing in 3 new Covid vaccines pic.twitter.com/YtFO6dTGNL
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 14, 2023

Are they prepping for an "election year variant" or something?

BIDEN (slurring): "We're already begun to secure fair pricing clauses and contracts for new COVID vaccines. Three new COVID vaccines!" pic.twitter.com/21KbGWtEqW
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 14, 2023

Translation: "My administration is making the pharmaceutical companies richer by 'investing' taxpayer money in something nobody's taking and then claiming victory over Big Pharma."

Great, more wasteful spending, this time on something almost nobody is taking:

A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot.
One expert called the rates “abysmal.”
The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks ago.