Posted on 06/10/2021 11:54:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
"The United states will purchase an additional half billion doses from Pfizer, Pfizer vaccine, that will donate nearly 100 low and lower middle income countries, they will be the beneficiaries."
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The Biden administration quietly ended President Donald Trump’s policy that saw many Americans receive lower cost insulin and epinephrine pens on the same day he promised to purchase 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to be sent to foreign countries. Yesterday, Biden promised world leaders at the G7 summit that the United States of America would finance the purchase of 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to be given to poor countries at almost precisely the same time the White House budget office approved Biden’s plan to slash a Trump-era program that provided low cost insulin and epinephrine pens to low income Americans.
Covfefe Coffee On the ending of the Trump-era program, Fox Business reported, “The measure, signed off on under the previous administration in December, aimed to require some 340B community health centers to deliver savings to low-income patients for insulin and epinephrine in a bid to bring down unaffordable prices.” Fox Business notes that the Biden administration refused to offer a comment when asked by the cable network.
Hours earlier, Biden promised to unveil an American-led worldwide program to address COVID-19 vaccines as he prepared to leave the United States for the United Kingdom to meet with world leaders. After arriving, and only an hour before the White House budget office would make its announcement regarding insulin and epinephrine pens, the Washington Post revealed the administration’s plan to buy 500 million Pfizer vaccines, and reported that “President Biden is slated to announce the plan this week at the Group of Seven meeting in Britain, where he is expected to be joined by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.”
This happened earlier today, with Biden appearing before the international media to make the announcement. Today we’re taking a major step that will super charge the fight against the global pandemic. “At my direction, the United states will purchase an additional half billion doses from Pfizer, Pfizer vaccine, that will donate nearly 100 low and lower middle income countries, they will be the beneficiaries. Let me say that again, the United States will purchase a half a billion doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to donate to nearly 100 nations that are in dire need in the fight against this pandemic.”
#BREAKING: President Biden: "The U.S. will purchase half a billion doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to donate to nearly 100 nations that are in dire need in the fight against this pandemic." pic.twitter.com/5ZdFbvKduW
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 10, 2021
Biden added, bragging about spending United States tax dollars to help “low and lower middle income countries,” that his decision represents “A historic step. The largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Importantly, this is the mRNA vaccine, which is proven to be extremely effective against COVID-19 and every known variant of that virus thus far. ”
Biden made the decision even as many Americans continue to struggle from the effects of a year or more in lockdown, and as the economy makes an extremely sluggish recovery that has defied expectations with extremely low job numbers, and as Americans brace for rates of inflation that have not been seen since the recession of 2008.
Pingy Thingy...........................
Biden is paying for the vaccines himself?
Is it me or is most everything he is doing benefit china and likely russia. The pipeline screwed us and canada. But isnt biden going in with russia on a pipeline.
Yes, yes and yes...................
I remember ads before the election saying Trump was going to INCREASE the cost of insulin.
What a pack of lies.
“Donald Trump and Thom Tillis opposed legislation that would lower the price of insulin and other prescription drugs.”
And the Left contiues to say that Trump was cruel and Biden cares about “the people”
bidon hates Americans. Or he would if he could hold a cognitive thought.
Prior to Obama, insulin was very inexpensive but as soon as he came into office, the price skyrocketed for no good reason.
The person who holds the epipen patents is well connected to the Democrat party ,especially the Obamas. When he came into office the price increased 500% over night.
Big Handouts to Big Pharma.
Big Pharm is getting what they paid for.
Bingo. 😢
Just curious - is there any evidence that Insulin actually helps Type 2 diabetics live longer, with few complications, than no Insulin? I do get that it lowers blood sugar...just haven’t seen anything beyond that.
Biden and his handlers are total POS.
Trump’s biggest error was to portray covid as just another flu and it would go away with summer weather. Actually Trump worked hard to get vaccines developed and distributed at warp speed. But Trump is not a polished politician. American voters are not political junkies, logging on FR. They go by what they “feel” and Trump came across as less caring than Biden to many naïve voters.
No, you are./sarc
I’m sure that those who benefitted from Donald Trump’s cheap insulin program were aware of what he’d done.
But the media doesn’t give voice to all people (who benefit or suffer).
No need for insulin as they want all fat and all old people dead.
That thought had crossed my mind........................
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