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Despite promising this week to free up scores of extra Covid-19 vaccine doses, the federal government doesn’t actually have a reserve of extra shots, the Washington Post reported Friday, leading public health officials to worry vaccines are in shorter supply than expected and dashing their hopes to ramp up the pace of immunizations.
Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar agreed Tuesday to release all available Covid-19 vaccine doses, instead of stockpiling millions of doses to use as second shots (both Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines call for patients to receive two shots), a move widely expected to speed up the pace of vaccinations.
Despite this apparent policy change, the federal government had already begun releasing all available doses in late December, meaning the government did not actually build up a vaccine surplus, the Post reported, citing state and federal officials.
when you are quoting a source, you're supposed to use the quote box.
On Jan 8, the MSM claimed all doses should all be made immediately available sin Biden said he would, and assume manufacturing/supply chain would work. Now, it appears something along those plans has been done, and they want to ***** about that too.
Connecticut, little as she is, is doing a great job compared to most - 57% of doses in arms. They've got enough on hand (with more coming Tuesday) to give everyone the 2nd shot next week and even ramp up their pace.
the WA health director needs to work with Jay Inslee and his own people to figure out how to get past the 44% of shots they've used, with more coming next week.
How is TX at 55%, but NY (40%) and CA (30%) so far behind?
when you are quoting a source, you're supposed to use the quote box.
On Jan 8, the MSM claimed all doses should all be made immediately available sin Biden said he would, and assume manufacturing/supply chain would work. Now, it appears something along those plans has been done, and they want to ***** about that too.
Connecticut, little as she is, is doing a great job compared to most - 57% of doses in arms. They've got enough on hand (with more coming Tuesday) to give everyone the 2nd shot next week and even ramp up their pace.
the WA health director needs to work with Jay Inslee and his own people to figure out how to get past the 44% of shots they've used, with more coming next week.
How is TX at 55%, but NY (40%) and CA (30%) so far behind?
NY and CA put some subpriority groupings in place for "fair and equitable" vaccine distribution.
The Trump administration has bungled covid from the get go and this is just one more example of their ham-handedness. Biden takes over on Thursday and already has plans to hit the ground running. They may do no better in the end; it seems this country just can't do much right anymore regardless of who is running the show. I doubt they will do worse, though.
Why would we have a reserve? what for? the idea is to jab folks asap.
It is my understanding the original protocol was to hold back- reserve 50% of doses for the second inoculation.
The UK, the first to start inoculations in the midst of a global shortage of vaccines, was the first to recognize it made more sense to get as many first does into arms as possible than hold back half the supply. Canada followed suit. Biden Team concurred. Then Team Trump.
The Trump administration has bungled covid from the get go and this is just one more example of their ham-handedness. Biden takes over on Thursday and already has plans to hit the ground running. They may do no better in the end; it seems this country just can't do much right anymore regardless of who is running the show. I doubt they will do worse, though.
Yes Biden’s grey plan of telling people to wear masks, which is what we’ve been doing for about nine months.
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