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Pic Of The Moment: Trump Wants "America First" On Vaccines, Except He Already Blew The Opportunity
Vaccine Czar has no idea what Trump is doing with the executive order he's signing today
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@FirenzeMike
It is extremely reassuring when the Vaccine Czar has no idea what Trump is doing with the executive order he’s signing today
Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses.
Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. government additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to people familiar with the matter. Now Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to other countries, they said.
As the administration scrambles to try to purchase more doses of the vaccine, President Trump plans on Tuesday to sign an executive order “to ensure that United States government prioritizes getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations,” according to a draft statement and a White House official, though it was not immediately clear what force the president’s executive order would carry.
That included whether it would expand the U.S. supply of doses beyond what is spelled out in existing federal contracts.
The vaccine being produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, is a two-dose treatment, meaning that 100 million doses is enough to vaccinate only 50 million Americans. The vaccine is expected to receive authorization for emergency use in the U.S. as soon as this weekend, with another vaccine, developed by Moderna, also likely to be approved for emergency use soon.
Asked if the Trump administration had missed a crucial chance over the summer to snap up more doses for Americans, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said, “We are confident that we will have 100 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine as agreed to in our contract, and beyond that, we have five other vaccine candidates.”
More: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/07/world...cine-doses
Enough vaccine for 50 million out of more than 328 million Americans. These incompetent idiots have screwed us over yet again.