2/n first, I can’t tell you how many zoom, ms teams, phone calls I’ve been in during the pandemic with both the Trump and Biden White House staff and federal agencies. I can’t remember when anyone proposed or used the word “lockdown” in either Administration.

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) September 1, 2023

4/n but these ultimately became unnecessary or unsustainable after effective vaccines were rolled out and surges on emergency rooms and ICUs diminished

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) September 1, 2023

6/n so I don’t understand the rationale for President Trump’s remarks today. Anyone who has followed anything about this pandemic would realize these ring hollow, and don’t reflect any reality, even an imagined one

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) September 1, 2023

Florida nurse exposed it all. Covid Lockdowns are coming back and it’s all because they want to win in ‘24 pic.twitter.com/DwI3a4DRd7

— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) August 29, 2023

My favorite part about Trump jumping on the GOP conspiracy bandwagon about ‘Covid lockdowns are all about giving the election to the Dems’ is that… he was the president when Covid lockdowns happened in an election year. If there was a conspiracy in 2020, *he* was behind it. Lol. https://t.co/UcoyI6uQVg

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 31, 2023