“The federal government poured billions into developing and manufacturing vaccine candidates in the hopes they would prove safe and effective. The pricey gamble appears to be paying off, with a vaccine on track to reach some Americans by the end of the year — the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. “‘Should the administration be praised for this? Absolutely,’ said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a sharp critic of the administration’s coronavirus response.” A crucial component of Trump’s vaccine victory? The less-collectivist economic system into which he “poured billions” of dollars.