Apparently part of this venture involved folks who put on the Santa suits seasonally, who would be given early dibs on a vaccine when it becomes available in exchange for making their own set of adverts and in-person events... but that might not happen in time for the holiday, so that too's been scuttled...
https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/health-agency-santa-claus-ad-campaign-covid19-vaccine-1234815249/ (link) Moi, Sept 29th: > The bottom falls out of Caputo's grand plans... only three celebs, one of > whom you ain't heard of, showed up... an anon official told Politico "we > could use that [money] on buying PPE"... > > > https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/29/hhs-ad-blitz-sputters-as-celebrities-back-away-423274 > (link) > > Moi, Sept 26th: > >> The ads, which are still being produced, show familiar celebs talking >> with Federal officials ostensibly including Surgeon General/Vice Admiral >> Adams and NIAID chief Dr Fauci... the DHHS official behind the campaign, >> Michael >> Caputo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caputo> (wiki), contends >> Don "personally" called him to request it... this is the same guy who >> claimed anti-Trump "hit squads" were out there, just before being diagnosed >> with cancer and going on leave... >> >> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/trump-hhs-ads-coronavirus-421957 >> (link) >> > B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f98e0e16-0f7a-4380-9954-4770706dd5ben%40googlegroups.com.
