The Biden admin is trying to ‘find’ 20 MILLION doses of vaccines….
Yup….
20 Million….
They might not be lost…..
But the Feds can’t account for where they are in the system ….
After a week on the job, Biden’s team is still trying to locate upwards of 20 million vaccine doses that have been sent to states — a mystery that has hampered plans to speed up the national vaccination effort. They’re searching for new ways to boost production of a vaccine stockpile that they’ve discovered is mostly empty. And they’re nervously eyeing a series of new Covid-19 strains that threaten to derail the response.
“It’s the Mike Tyson quote: ‘Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth,’” said one person with knowledge of the vaccine effort who’s not authorized to discuss the work. “They are planning. They are competent. It’s just the weight of everything when you sit down in that chair. It’s heavy.”
Biden officials leading the coronavirus response launched a series of regular briefings this week to keep the public informed on the state of the pandemic and government efforts to contain it and rush vaccines out to as many Americans as possible.
But the briefings were short on details. And behind the scenes, officials say, the team was still struggling to get a handle on basic information, liaise with the career government workers who have been running the response and build out a long-term strategy for bringing — and then keeping — the virus under control….
image….Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty/AP
Update…..
Biden administration purchases 200 million additional vaccine doses
The big picture: President Biden said the U.S. is on track to have enough supply of the vaccine for 300 million Americans by the end of July….
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Of note: It’s unlikely the purchase will make the vaccine widely available sooner than originally planned, but it may prevent shortages later this year, per the Post…
Axios
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
Pharmacies and groceries across the U.S. say they are determined that no Covid-19 vaccine doses will go to waste, and are compiling wait lists and putting their own workers on standby in case extra doses are left unused at day’s end
I hope the Free Sample Ladies are equipped to administer the shots in the aisles.