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U.S. buys 100 million additional doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
Axios ^ | 11 Dec 2020 | Jacob Knutson

Posted on 12/11/2020 3:49:25 PM PST by BeauBo

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Defense announced on Friday that they will purchase 100 million additional doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate.

...The purchase will bring the total doses of Moderna's vaccine owned by the federal government to 200 million, HHS said...

An FDA advisory panel is scheduled to meet Dec. 17 to review the application.

By the end of 2020, it expects to have approximately 20 million vaccine doses available in the U.S...

“Securing another 100 million doses from Moderna by June 2021 further expands our supply of doses across the Operation Warp Speed portfolio of vaccines,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement Friday.

“This new federal purchase can give Americans even greater confidence we will have enough supply to vaccinate all Americans who want it by the second quarter of 2021.”

Of note: The government also has the option to acquire up to an additional 300 million doses of Moderna's vaccine.

...The government also has the option to acquire up to an additional 300 million doses of Moderna's vaccine.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; moderna
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A very strong indicator that this vaccine is also a shoo in for approval (Emergency Use Authorization) next week, in addition to the Phizer vaccine (which could be approved tonight or tomorrow).

Here comes the flood of vaccines!

An estimated 80 million doses (2 needed per person), available by the end of this month! (Phizer and Moderna combined).

That is enough to support a program of more than 2 million shots administered per day!

COVID is about to be crushed. 10 or 12 weeks, and the rest is mop up.

1 posted on 12/11/2020 3:49:25 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

And so it begins. The zombie apocalypse, that is.


2 posted on 12/11/2020 4:03:59 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: BeauBo

Anyone who wants it can have my doses.


3 posted on 12/11/2020 4:04:53 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I definitely dont trust this vaccine.


4 posted on 12/11/2020 4:07:58 PM PST by Crucial ( )
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To: Disambiguator

We will wait to see if this new mRNA method works and is safe.


5 posted on 12/11/2020 4:09:45 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Disambiguator

We will wait abd see if it’s safe snd effective. There’s never been a mRNA vaccine before


6 posted on 12/11/2020 4:10:31 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Disambiguator

This is NOT your grandma’s regular kind of vaccine !


7 posted on 12/11/2020 4:11:06 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: BeauBo

why are people being weird about a vaccine developed by (and at the express urging of) the trump administration?

DJT was talking it up just a couple of days ago. the real problem is that he probably won’t get his proper share of credit for it.


8 posted on 12/11/2020 4:11:24 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: BeauBo

No thanks.


9 posted on 12/11/2020 4:12:01 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: BeauBo

I will be taking the vaccine. And, out of compassion, I will continue to wear my n95 until everyone has a chance to get the vaccine. However, there is no way once the vaccine is readily available to everyone am I ever going to wear a mask again. You choose not to take the vaccine, that is your decision which I respect. It is your risk, and Fauci better not get on his podium to try to force us to wear a mask because there are still unvaccinated ( by choice) people out there.


10 posted on 12/11/2020 4:13:26 PM PST by kaila
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To: JohnBrowdie

It was not “developed by” the Trump administration.

The US, at least not yet, does not admit to Corporatism as a government structure.


11 posted on 12/11/2020 4:14:28 PM PST by EEGator
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To: kaila

Ditto.


12 posted on 12/11/2020 4:15:11 PM PST by Gamecock ("The prosperity gospel is exactly like marrying someone for their money." -Sean Demars)
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To: kaila

Why would anyone vaccinated have to wear a mask?


13 posted on 12/11/2020 4:16:02 PM PST by EEGator
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To: faithhopecharity
Read this.
14 posted on 12/11/2020 4:20:00 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: BeauBo

pass


15 posted on 12/11/2020 4:21:56 PM PST by all the best
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To: EEGator

They say you can still carry the virus if you are vaccinated, and you could even have some symptoms, even though you will not get deathly ill from it.


16 posted on 12/11/2020 4:26:21 PM PST by kaila
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To: BeauBo

Why do we need 500,000,000 doses? There aren’t that many people here, even with illegals.


17 posted on 12/11/2020 4:33:00 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: a fool in paradise

I think the vaccines require a small dose first, and then another dose a few weeks later??


18 posted on 12/11/2020 4:35:01 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: a fool in paradise

We have about 330 million people in the US that need two doses each spaced out one month apart.


19 posted on 12/11/2020 4:38:47 PM PST by kaila
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To: kaila

Gotcha, thanks.


20 posted on 12/11/2020 4:40:55 PM PST by EEGator
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