Some hero

Eric Topol, M.D. Mission accomplished

MIT Technology Review is out with a hagiography of a California heart doctor, one Eric Topol, under the title “One doctor’s campaign to stop a Covid-19 vaccine being rushed through before Election Day”. It’s littered with terms like “courageous”, and “steadfast”, but reading the article it becomes clear that Topol’s sole motivation was to deny Trump an opportunity to claim a bold development in the COVID battle before November 3rd; Topol had no objection to an approval granted any time after November 3rd.

There’s some lip service paid to the astonishing speed vaccines have been developed, but no credit given to Trump for marshaling that effort and pushing aside the bureaucratic hurdles that have previously caused five-year waits for vaccine and drug approvals because Trump.

Dr. Topol used his political skills to delay a vaccine, and he did so solely because he hates Trump. He sounds more a hypocrite than a follower of the Hippocratic Oath.