But time and data can ease the skeptics’ misgivings. Rachel had followed the coronavirus vaccines’ development from the beginning, listening to updates every day on NPR. Everything seemed so fast. There was “also the fact that the vaccine development started during the Trump era after he fired all these scientists,” she said. The government simply didn’t appear trustworthy. Getting a fast-tracked vaccine, she added, “just didn’t jive with my own personal philosophy.” Despite her concerns, Rachel decided to get vaccinated. “We got invited to a few weddings over the summer, and there’s going to be people coming from all over the country that I don’t know. And they are outside of my little bubble, from different states that have different regulations.” She still has reservations about her decision, but the vaccine promises protection, and that’s what she wants. Glenn, like Rachel, worried that the vaccine information made available under Trump “wasn’t quite reliable,” though he eventually got his shot. “If someone was able to show to me that” the Trump White House “hadn’t compromised the CDC’s ability to look over the vaccine, I would have felt comfortable getting it sooner.” Though Trump is no longer in office, Glenn wants to see some accountability from the CDC, which he felt was harmed by the impulse to reopen the economy at all costs under Trump.